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Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise
“DON'T BE AFRAID!”
6.7 / 10• 2015• 1h 11m•NR• English
Documentary
Storyline
Using only archive film and a new musical score by the band Mogwai, Mark Cousins presents an impressionistic kaleidoscope of our nuclear times – protest marches, Cold War sabre-rattling, Chernobyl and Fukishima – but also the sublime beauty of the atomic world, and how x-rays and MRI scans have improved human lives. The nuclear age has been a nightmare, but dreamlike too.
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mark Cousins's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
