Movie Description
Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise
(2015)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Mark Cousins
- Producer : John Archer,Mark Atkin,Heather Croall
- Editor : Timo Langer
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Facts
Original TitleAtomic: Living in Dread and Promise
Status Released
Release Information
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2015-08-08
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 11m
Production CompaniesHopscotch Films,Crossover Labs,BBC Scotland
Genres
- Documentary

























