What is it with all these movies showing New York City utterly obliterated? To be sure, movies showing New York being destroyed are nothing new — and have a long history in cinema. But the resilience of the urban-destruction theme seems notable — and, after a brief post-9/11 lull, the theme seems more prevalent than ever. Sewell Chan reports.
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