Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise
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.
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Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise
- Overview
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Aug 8, 2015
Runtime
1h 11m
Genres
Documentary
User Score
66%
Original Title
Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise
Production Companies
Hopscotch Films, Crossover Labs, BBC Scotland
Director
Mark Cousins
Description
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.