Brief synopsis from the page
"Threads was aired on 1984, one Sunday night at 9pm to an unsuspecting UK TV audience, it single handedly put the nation off the nuclear war effort and was then quitely removed from the archives until 2002. Threads redefines the word grim and is hard to imagine what sort of impact this would have had on its viewers given its from an era in TV when there was only 4 channels and a Mary Whitehouse mentality towards censorship."
[video=youtube;_MCbTvoNrAg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MCbTvoNrAg[/video]
Also if you liked that you might also like an even more harrowing animated version of the same subject. A heart warming story from the person who brought us the snowman
[video=youtube;N9aHT-IlkHo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9aHT-IlkHo[/video]
They are both rather long but if you haven't seen them I really recommend them.
Heh I love Threads because I grew up in Sheffield where it was filmed and I recognise all the places in it. My dad remembers seeing it getting filmed, it was a really big deal back then with the threat of nuclear war hanging over the country.
There was a thread for this a while back, and good god it's an amazing film.
I find it really interesting that without modern CGI and film techniques that they could produce a movie that is more realistic that most shit that is produced today.
It's really is a chilling piece of work.
Just the shear destruction those bombs can bring is terrifying.
The bit at the end ruins it for me because [sp]you can see fillings in the young girl's mouth[/sp]
I can't imagine how terrifying this must have been in Cold War Britain when I'm pretty shocked WITHOUT the constant threat of a nuclear war floating over my head.
i read the comic version of When the Wind Blows, it was pretty depressing
Carl Sagan was the scientific advisor for Threads.
I still can't bring myself to watch the whole thing, it's too bleak
The Brits sure do know how to depress people, but this was a great look into the perspective of society when it comes to the pressure of imminent destruction.
probably the only good "serious" apocalypse film imo
'The Day After' filmed in 1983 is another 'good nuclear war' movie. Although not so much a documentary as it's more of a story, good none the less if you haven't seen it.
God damn these are so awesome.
These movies are great. Wish I didn't read the stupid youtube comments though.
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