An Ecocriticism Analysis in Leave The World Behind Movie

Abstract

This study analyzes the movie of Leave the World Behind (2023) through an ecocritical approach to understand the depiction of the relationship between humans and nature, as well as the types of disasters presented. This study uses a qualitative method with content analysis, involving close reading and comprehensive observation of the film's narrative and dialogue. The results of the study show that the relationship between humans and nature is depicted as fragile and disconnected. Characters tend to ignore or misinterpret natural signs due to extreme dependence on technology and artificial comfort. The disasters in this film, which are not purely natural but man-made disasters, trigger ecological and social impacts. This is in line with Greg Garrard's ecocriticism theory. The film shows how technological failure and disinformation lead to systemic and social collapse, highlighting the loss of human ability to live meaningfully in a changing world. Leave the World Behind serves as a sharp critique of modern civilization that is disconnected from nature and overly dependent on technology, warning that the greatest threat is the erosion of human ability to understand and respond effectively to the environment.

This study analyzes the movie of Leave the World Behind (2023) through an ecocritical approach to understand the depiction of the relationship between humans and nature, as well as the types of disasters presented. This study uses a qualitative method with content analysis, involving close reading and comprehensive observation of the film's narrative and dialogue. The results of the study show that the relationship between humans and nature is depicted as fragile and disconnected. Characters tend to ignore or misinterpret natural signs due to extreme dependence on technology and artificial comfort. The disasters in this film, which are not purely natural but man-made disasters, trigger ecological and social impacts. This is in line with Greg Garrard's ecocriticism theory. The film shows how technological failure and disinformation lead to systemic and social collapse, highlighting the loss of human ability to live meaningfully in a changing world. Leave the World Behind serves as a sharp critique of modern civilization that is disconnected from nature and overly dependent on technology, warning that the greatest threat is the erosion of human ability to understand and respond effectively to the environment.