CinemaOSMovie · 2015 · 1h 11m

Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise

DON'T BE AFRAID!

67%(12)IMDbDocumentary

Using only archive film and a new musical score by the band Mogwai, Mark Cousins presents an impressionistic kaleidoscope of our nuclear times – protest marches, Cold War sabre-rattling, Chernobyl and Fukishima – but also the sublime beauty of the atomic world, and how x-rays and MRI scans have improved human lives. The nuclear age has been a nightmare, but dreamlike too.

Directed byMark Cousins

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Released
Runtime
1h 11m
Language
EN
Released
August 8, 2015
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Hopscotch FilmsCrossover LabsBBC Scotland

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