The read
It runs a compact 1h 11m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
12 audience votes
Key crew
- John CummingsOriginal Music Composer
- Barry BurnsOriginal Music Composer
- Stuart BraithwaiteOriginal Music Composer
- Martin BullochOriginal Music Composer
- Dominic AitchisonOriginal Music Composer
- Mark CousinsDirector
Stills
Themes
atomic bombnuclear powersciencerepurposed footage