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Threads (1984) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvFu7Z5cc88 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvFu7Z5cc88 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(1984_film) https

Threads (1984) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvFu7Z5cc88 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvFu7Z5cc88 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(1984_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(1984_film) Even the trailer is harrowing with audio alone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgT4Y30DkaA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgT4Y30DkaA The part where the audio seamlessly transitions from screams into screeching wind, wails, and explosions was chillingly well done in the most dramatic way. If you like Threads, check out Children of Men, which is also disturbingly realistic and also set in UK.

sillywalk 2y ago
Another film (docu-drama) about a nuclear attack on the UK in the 1960s was The War Game. "The War Game is a 1966 British pseudo-documentary film that depicts a nuclear war and its aftermath.Written, directed and produced by Peter Watkins for the BBC, it caused dismay within the BBC and also within government, and was subsequently withdrawn before the provisional screening date of 6 October 1965. The corporation said that "the effect of the film has been judged by the BBC to be too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting. It will, however, be shown to invited audiences..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_Game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_Game
amelius 2y ago
Hmm, sounds like watching this movie has 2 possible outcomes: either I don't like it and end up psychologically scarred, or I like it and I know I'm some sort of psychopath.
- aspenmayer 2y ago
  There’s definitely not a lot to like, but there is a lot to appreciate. If you want a somewhat toned down version, the first episode of James Burke’s Connections describes some of the same concepts and themes in the context of the NYC blackout of 1965, and is only somewhat less disturbing, but is easily the most upsetting episode of the otherwise charming educational program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XetplHcM7aQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XetplHcM7aQ https://archive.org/details/ConnectionsByJamesBurke https://archive.org/details/ConnectionsByJamesBurke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_1965 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_1965 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(British_TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(British_TV_series...
- gerdesj 2y ago
  We do proper apocalyptic books and films in the UK! If you survive "Threads" and "When the wind blows", why not wash it down with some dystopia! 1984, Animal Farm, Children of men. Other apocalypses and dystopias are available. The UK is not the sole source of them. 451F, Brave New World ...
  - worstspotgain 2y ago
    Honorable mention: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivors_(1975_TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivors_(1975_TV_series)
  - aspenmayer 2y ago
    Brave New World author Aldous Huxley is from England?
    - anigbrowl 2y ago
      Wait until you find out who invented television. One of the more difficult adjustments to living in the US was the realization that people here grow up absorbing a fictitious version of history in which the US invented virtually everything we consider 'modern' and the rest of the world is far less developed than it actually is.
  - _carbyau_ 2y ago
    Not really a post apocalyptic world but more based on the realities of war: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_of_the_Fireflies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_of_the_Fireflies A take on survival in the final days of WW2 Japan. A guaranteed tearjerker such that I'm not I could stand to watch it again.
- TheOtherHobbes 2y ago
  The worst thing about Threads is that none of it is exaggerated. If anything it downplays the medium/long term aftermath.
29athrowaway 2y ago
If you want to skip the prelude to the attack you can skip to 47:45. It is messed up to think this level of destruction happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But in their case it was even more horrifying because nobody knew what was going on or what to do.
euroderf 2y ago
Recommended: Miracle Mile

sillywalk 2y ago

Another film (docu-drama) about a nuclear attack on the UK in the 1960s was The War Game. "The War Game is a 1966 British pseudo-documentary film that depicts a nuclear war and its aftermath.Written, directed and produced by Peter Watkins for the BBC, it caused dismay within the BBC and also within government, and was subsequently withdrawn before the provisional screening date of 6 October 1965. The corporation said that "the effect of the film has been judged by the BBC to be too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting. It will, however, be shown to invited audiences..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_Game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_Game

amelius 2y ago

Hmm, sounds like watching this movie has 2 possible outcomes: either I don't like it and end up psychologically scarred, or I like it and I know I'm some sort of psychopath.

aspenmayer 2y ago
There’s definitely not a lot to like, but there is a lot to appreciate. If you want a somewhat toned down version, the first episode of James Burke’s Connections describes some of the same concepts and themes in the context of the NYC blackout of 1965, and is only somewhat less disturbing, but is easily the most upsetting episode of the otherwise charming educational program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XetplHcM7aQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XetplHcM7aQ https://archive.org/details/ConnectionsByJamesBurke https://archive.org/details/ConnectionsByJamesBurke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_1965 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_1965 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(British_TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(British_TV_series...
gerdesj 2y ago
We do proper apocalyptic books and films in the UK! If you survive "Threads" and "When the wind blows", why not wash it down with some dystopia! 1984, Animal Farm, Children of men. Other apocalypses and dystopias are available. The UK is not the sole source of them. 451F, Brave New World ...
- worstspotgain 2y ago
  Honorable mention: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivors_(1975_TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivors_(1975_TV_series)
- aspenmayer 2y ago
  Brave New World author Aldous Huxley is from England?
  - anigbrowl 2y ago
    Wait until you find out who invented television. One of the more difficult adjustments to living in the US was the realization that people here grow up absorbing a fictitious version of history in which the US invented virtually everything we consider 'modern' and the rest of the world is far less developed than it actually is.
- _carbyau_ 2y ago
  Not really a post apocalyptic world but more based on the realities of war: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_of_the_Fireflies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_of_the_Fireflies A take on survival in the final days of WW2 Japan. A guaranteed tearjerker such that I'm not I could stand to watch it again.
TheOtherHobbes 2y ago
The worst thing about Threads is that none of it is exaggerated. If anything it downplays the medium/long term aftermath.

29athrowaway 2y ago

If you want to skip the prelude to the attack you can skip to 47:45. It is messed up to think this level of destruction happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But in their case it was even more horrifying because nobody knew what was going on or what to do.

euroderf 2y ago

Recommended: Miracle Mile