Monday, March 30, 2009

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England

Impressive, low-budget film from 1984 on what would happen in England if there was an apocalyptic exchange of nuclear weapons.

The political stuff seems dated now but everything else in the film still works very well. They focus on the personal travails of a couple of families, before and after, which gives us someone to identify with as we watch them try to make sense of their lives.

Incredibly bleak and grim for the last hour...how can it not be? No fun to watch but then who said life should always be fun? This should be shown in schools worldwide. 

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