Review – The Atomic Cafe

This documentary should be required viewing in film production courses, particularly those classes that emphasize editing techniques. With nothing but old archive footage from the 40s and 50s, the Archive Project manages to create a movie about nuclear madness as chilling as it is funny. By cutting together clips from a variety of different sources, the film-makers paint a brilliant portrait of a nation rolling in post-war prosperity yet obsessed with the destructive power of atomic weapons. If any proof is needed that a wonderful, insightful film can be made without spending millions of dollars on big-name actors and flashy effects, here is all the evidence anyone should ever want. Buy the tape