The War Game
Summary:
Peter Watkins' The War Game, which was filmed in handheld documentary fashion, speculates on the aftereffects of a nuclear war. Some of the images are almost impossible to look at; they truly illustrate the theory that, in the wake of such a holocaust, the living will envy the dead. The most heartwrenching scene is the simplest. Asked what he wants to be when he grows up, a sull... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Michael Aspel - (Narrator)
Dick Graham - (Narrator)
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Review:
Assigned by the BBC to make a documentary about the possible effects of nuclear war on Great Britain, Peter Watkins came back with this powerful and unnerving polemic about the deadly stakes of the arms race and the dangerously absurd notion that a nation could "survive" a nuclear attack. Watkins' film clearly and repeatedly makes the p... Continue >>
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