cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3151661
Someone mentioned this film in one of our other discussions. I vaguely remember seeing it many years ago, but really couldn’t remember many of the details, so I put it on this weekend. Hot damned if it wasn’t so much better than I remember. Maybe the world we live in today feels a lot more relevant to the film then when I had seen it before, but I would gladly declare this film a masterpiece of it’s time that holds up today. Don’t let the newer remake besmirch your perception of this movie. It hits on several levels. Thinking of the context of the film, it is not difficult to see the concern that the auteurs of the time felt over the possibility, or even likelihood of nuclear war. If you haven’t seen this one, it’s worth your time.
I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on the film.
Ooof. Now I know how Tony Stark felt.
I’m worried, though, that if I say my favourite film is from 1987, I won’t be invited to the Cool Movie Snob Parties. It’s not black and white, and it doesn’t even try to extrapolate from cultural fears of the threat of nuclear war.
Don’t worry, cool movie snob parties are just the film equivalent of everyone saying that the Beatles are the best band that ever existed.