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The War Game

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The War Game
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NR,49min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1966
Director:
Peter Watkins
Starring:
Michael Aspel, Peter Graham, Dick Graham
Synopsis: Peter Watkins' The War Game, which was filmed in handheld documentary fashion, speculates on the aftereffects of a nuclear war. Some of the images are almost impossible to look at; they truly illustrate the theory that, in the wake of such a holocaust, the living will envy the dead. The most heartwrenching scene is the simplest. Asked what he wants to be when he grows up, a sullen young boy, physically unhurt but with obviously deep emotional scars, mutters "I don't want to be nothin'." Filmed for ... Full Synopsis
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Mark Deming, AMG Review
Assigned by the BBC to make a documentary about the possible effects of nuclear war on Great Britain, Peter Watkins came back with this powerful and unnerving polemic about the deadly stakes of the arms race and the dangerously absurd notion that a nation could "survive" a nuclear attack. Watkins' film clearly and repeatedly makes the point that the same leadership that brought in the bomb has done ... Full Review
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