well worth a watch. I remember it the first time around, with a new baby, and thinking, hoping it could never happen. We, the public learned from it but it seems that generations of politicians never did. Now it looks like the rerun might be scheduled to happen in real life. How very sad.
There's also a similar American film that seems to get forgotten -- 1983's Testament, which is about a small American town distant enough from big cities and military bases to avoid actually being damaged in the actual nuclear war, but which suffers from radiation sickness due to fallout and dwindling supplies a few weeks later.
It's pretty similar to the one you describe. It centers on Lawrence, Kansas, which doesn't get nuked, but has to deal with fallout, refugees, insufficient resources, etc.
The only movie to give me nightmares and sleepless nights. The Day After had little impact on me but Threads was on a whole different level.
For some reason I also still remember a scene from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Bulletin - the news crew trying to understand why the NEST bomb squad was running away just before cutting out...
Interesting. I watched both about ten years ago (around the birth of my first child incidentally) Andi remember The Day After a lot while Threads had little impact on me. I think I should rewatch Threads.
I thought the scene in The Day After where the silos open and the missiles go up was the most chilling thing to experience. At that point you've got a couple of minutes until the end of the world ...
Heads up to anyone reading: Threads is so disturbing - and I'm not sensitive to this kind of thing. I grew up browsing 4chan. It's just so, so bleak. The scene where the husband and wife are behind that mattress...
My gf and I couldn't stop thinking about it for like a month - and looking back on it, I think I was walking around a little bit depressed. Too real.
I don't know if there's much to gain from watching it. 5/5 bags of popcorn.
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There's also a similar but more famous American film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After
It's pretty similar to the one you describe. It centers on Lawrence, Kansas, which doesn't get nuked, but has to deal with fallout, refugees, insufficient resources, etc.
Great book, great movie.
For some reason I also still remember a scene from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Bulletin - the news crew trying to understand why the NEST bomb squad was running away just before cutting out...
I thought the scene in The Day After where the silos open and the missiles go up was the most chilling thing to experience. At that point you've got a couple of minutes until the end of the world ...
My gf and I couldn't stop thinking about it for like a month - and looking back on it, I think I was walking around a little bit depressed. Too real.
I don't know if there's much to gain from watching it. 5/5 bags of popcorn.
This movie has one.