Abstract
Set at the start and end of an epidemic plague, Terry Gilliam's 1996 film conflates schizophrenia, hypochondria, carceral confinement, and unregulated experimentation. But these timeless themes have a singular locus: the ultimate truth of a fictional virus. In turn, this locus positions 12 Monkeys in a historical frame: within contemporary discourse on the origin of AIDS.
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