Naked Apocalypse and Redemption

On 11th of October 2023 CAPAS screened what has been dubbed, in a somewhat sensationalist sense, "the greatest film about depression ever made."The final film to be screened in the previous semester's Apocalyptic Cinema series, Melancholia was an apt film to wrap up the programme at Karlstorkino.The film has found a place in many of the discussions at CAPAS because it is, on first sight, one of the few examples of representations of the apocalypse as the total destruction of all of mankind that epitomizes modernity's linear temporality and denial of transcendence as well as the possibility of revelation.Robert Folger (CAPAS director) argues that the focus on depression and meaninglessness in the prevalent interpretations of the movie fail to take into account the potential of redemption implicit in the thinking of a radical ending.