Nuclear war films/books

[PR3D4TOR]

Illuminating, hah!

[Wolfala]

[ghi]

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1981) - Orson Welles;   I watched this 30 years ago during cold war, but still seems to fit in our daily news;  (i didn't find the full original version )



Australian TV program made in 1979 on the Prophecies of Nostradamus

[craz07]

I watched the day after and don't rememeber  a thing, thats what happpens when u smoke pot i guess....

[APDrone]

No cold war thread discussing film can be complete without at least one reference to Dr. Strangelove.

[Wmaker]

Here people can try their hand at the grand illumination by themselves: http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

[ghi]

Here people can try their hand at the grand illumination by themselves: http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

lmao, this is sick and fun! 

[Oldman731]

Fail Safe is one of my favorite movies.   

Agreed.  And, as APDrone says, "Dr. Strangelove."  They actually held up releasing Strangelove because they thought people wouldn't take Fail Safe so seriously.

"On the Beach" has those creepy scenes of a deserted San Francisco, at a time when you couldn't manipulate such things with computers.

- oldman

[shake307]

Not really a film of entertainment, but Countdown To Zero was very sobering.  It is on netflix right now.  I have never been a fan of the vast amounts of nuclear weapons humanity has under the thumb.  But when Gorbachev, among other world leaders, is saying the world should be completely rid of all nuclear weaponry, it tends to open one's eyes.

[Gman]

It need not be an entertainment film to be sure, that last one was an excellent referral for Netflix, Countdown to zero.

I"d never seen "Threads" before.  Disturbing now, it must have really been bonkers back when it was made decades ago.  The accents were like fingernails on the chalkboard at times, but otherwise very good.  Absolutely superior to Day After. 

On the Beach, I'd watched the one made in 2000 with Armand Assante and wasn't all that impressed, is it based on something previous, and...not ridiculous?

Many other new ones here for me as well.

[PR3D4TOR]

When the wind blows:

[ghi]

[Gman]

Ghi, that's a good catch, I watched it yesterday again, it's been a while.  Great nuclear blast graphics and affects for being 13 years ago.  A lot of nuclear tech, theme, and so on in that film.  The stuff after the bomb on the NAOC was interesting as well.

The director did a great job when the CH53s with the Marines came to find the President after the attack, that whole sequence was really well done IMO, including the music.

[ghi]

this one comes in my mind,  hilarious from Mars Attacks    ACK-ACK !

[Arlo]