The Atomic Cafe - 20th Anniv. Edition
The Atomic Café presents a hilarious, chilling, and sarcastic look at Cold War atom bomb hysteria. Painstakingly composed of bits and pieces of propa ganda films, newsreels, popular songs, and civil defense and training films, it reveals a painfully ignorant and fearful American public. Educational films instill paranoia in children by enjoining them to "always remember what to do if an atomic bomb should explode right now!" A home inventor shows off his child's lead playsuit. A silken-voiced government narrator soothes anxious citizens, "stay inside for at least an hour after the attack." "Nothing to do now but clean up the broken glass, wait for orders from the authorities, and relax." We should not deride our parents' ignorance, but rather note that the means of propagating disinformation are now far subtler. Director: Jayne Loader, Pierce Rafferty Color 88 minutes Released: 1982 Rated: NR
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