A very disturbing, but excellent, film
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gridloreI just spent the last two hours or so watching Threads. Best described as the British counter to The Day After (and being produced at the same time) Threads follows the events leading up to and the effects of a general strategic nuclear exchange in the English city of Sheffield in May of 1983. The main plot follows two families about to be joined by the marriage of their children, with a subplot following the terribly unprepared local authorities trying to handle the situation.
The entire thing is up on YouTube. The transfer is pretty good, although the sound gets a little out of synch in a few places. But you won't really notice. If you're of a certain age, you remember when we expected something like this to happen. And Threads pulls no punches. Well acted, and it brutally depicts the effects of a nuclear war out to a decade plus. The ending is not happy, holds little hope for the human race, and is quite fitting.
Not really sure if I can recommend this. It's not that it's bad, it's just that some of the images and ideas are very disturbing. For sheer quality of film making, it gets 4 penguins out of 5. And, if like me, you grew under the shadow of Armageddon, you might find this film interesting.
Bit of a warning. Nigh-impenetrable English accents abound.
The entire thing is up on YouTube. The transfer is pretty good, although the sound gets a little out of synch in a few places. But you won't really notice. If you're of a certain age, you remember when we expected something like this to happen. And Threads pulls no punches. Well acted, and it brutally depicts the effects of a nuclear war out to a decade plus. The ending is not happy, holds little hope for the human race, and is quite fitting.
Not really sure if I can recommend this. It's not that it's bad, it's just that some of the images and ideas are very disturbing. For sheer quality of film making, it gets 4 penguins out of 5. And, if like me, you grew under the shadow of Armageddon, you might find this film interesting.
Bit of a warning. Nigh-impenetrable English accents abound.
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Date: 29 Jun 2009 03:47 (UTC)Seriously, though, I'm glad that we don't have to worry about that sort of thing anymore...
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Date: 29 Jun 2009 04:51 (UTC)Possibly I'm failing to notice a /sarcasm tag somewhere, but...umm, no.
Consider this scenario: rising sea levels dump several million Bangladeshi climate refugees onto India and Pakistan. In the wake of this, Pakistan goes even crazier than it already is and increasing social unrest in India bring the most extreme elements of the Hindu nationalist parties into power. Psycho Indian government collides with psycho Pakistani government over Kashmir, with both sides nuclear armed, and China right next door to catch the fallout.
Keep worrying.
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Date: 29 Jun 2009 12:12 (UTC)no subject
Date: 29 Jun 2009 04:12 (UTC)no subject
Date: 29 Jun 2009 04:54 (UTC)It's not a "day after" flick; instead, it's the night before, with everyone increasingly aware of what's about to happen. Also not a happy ending.
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Date: 29 Jun 2009 15:29 (UTC)The one that I remember
Date: 30 Jun 2009 01:17 (UTC)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Bulletin
Re: The one that I remember
Date: 30 Jun 2009 01:57 (UTC)