| By Heathyr on Thursday, April 23, 1998 - 11:37 pm: |
It follows the life of a family after the bombing of their home town (Hiroshima), and the effects of radiation, the fear of the sickness, and the "black rain" that fell even outside of Hiroshima immediately after the bombing. A beautifully filmed piece, it is an example of the ignorance of all involved as to the effects of radiation both directly and indirectly on the lives of an entire community. Another good film portraying the first tests and public information film shorts of the A-Bomb is "The Atomic Cafe". Not as beautiful, kinda tongue-in-cheek, it still strikes as incomprehensible that we would have lied so easily to the public and to military trainees about the effects of radiation on living creatures. Scary and interesting. Actual footage and educational films from the 1940's and 50's. |
| By Christopher on Friday, April 24, 1998 - 02:32 am: |
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go away crazies. |