I first saw this film in the early 1970s. Since that time, the pathos of this story and the unforgettable, haunting score has remained with me. There's never, ever been anything quite like it for me.
I saw this film many years ago, and I consider it one of the essential early anti-nuclear films, along with Fail-Safe (1964) and Dr. Strangelove (1964). Another excellent novel of post-apocalyptic survival is Malevil (1972) by Robert Merle.
Saw it in a theater. Depressing as hell. Saw it with the beautiful young woman who became my wife. A major buzz-kill. For the nerds: Waltzing Matilda is written in four; waltzes are written in three. Don't know if it was intentional.
(Which turns out to be written by a Royal Navy captain.) The reviewers feel it is too long and too much of a slog (you think actual nuclear war would be a fucking cakewalk, honey? you maybe don't get that that's the point?), and too depressing, and uses too many words and so on. This is not making me think highly of the people writing reviews at good reads.
(Also, no, not the TV show, which is clear case of missing the point.)
The alternative best nuclear war book is about Daoism/Buddhism and nuclear war:
I first saw this film in the early 1970s. Since that time, the pathos of this story and the unforgettable, haunting score has remained with me. There's never, ever been anything quite like it for me.
As an Australian thanks for recommending one of our classics :-)
I remember this terrifying me as a 12 yr old
https://www.booktopia.com.au/when-the-wind-blows-raymond-briggs/book/9780140094190.html?source=pla&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5-WRBhCKARIsAAId9Fm3YfkJYHZmatc6pW-tWZLeRxNcHgfJzGt_vsqooOL1yBKVYR17jgEaArhiEALw_wcB
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https://youtu.be/3rZK7o-pyw8
I saw this film many years ago, and I consider it one of the essential early anti-nuclear films, along with Fail-Safe (1964) and Dr. Strangelove (1964). Another excellent novel of post-apocalyptic survival is Malevil (1972) by Robert Merle.
Saw it in a theater. Depressing as hell. Saw it with the beautiful young woman who became my wife. A major buzz-kill. For the nerds: Waltzing Matilda is written in four; waltzes are written in three. Don't know if it was intentional.
I never saw the movie, but I read the book. (I've read pretty much all of them, I think.)
For my money the best nuclear war novel is still The Last Ship:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/263501.The_Last_Ship
(Which turns out to be written by a Royal Navy captain.) The reviewers feel it is too long and too much of a slog (you think actual nuclear war would be a fucking cakewalk, honey? you maybe don't get that that's the point?), and too depressing, and uses too many words and so on. This is not making me think highly of the people writing reviews at good reads.
(Also, no, not the TV show, which is clear case of missing the point.)
The alternative best nuclear war book is about Daoism/Buddhism and nuclear war:
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?35145
Cover tagline: 'Become one with The Bomb and there is nothing to fear'.
Peppered with aphorisms from the (real imaginary) TABOTD (Book of Warnings):
'CHARLATANS WILL BE TAKEN FOR SAGES
A SECOND OF CARELESSNESS, A LIFETIME OF REGRET
A LIFETIME OF CARELESSNESS, A SECOND OF REGRET
SOME RESTRICTIONS APPLY
NO CHILDREN, NO PETS
THE LIVING WILL ENVY THE DEAD'
Of course, the book came out as a paperback original, and then went out of print. Whaddi expect, right?
elm
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