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mahatmakanejeeves

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4. It's got this late 1940s pre-rockabilly vibe.
Thu Jul 18, 2024, 08:19 AM
Jul 2024

Have you ever seen the great, great movie "The Atomic Cafe"? A lot of the soundtrack sounds like that.


The Atomic Cafe (1982) – Re-Release Trailer

Kino Lorber

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This documentary cult classic returns to theaters in a sparkling 4K digital restoration created by IndieCollect starting August 1 at Film Forum in New York.

Armageddon has never been so darkly funny as in The Atomic Cafe. This 1982 cult classic juxtaposes Cold War history, propaganda, music and culture, seamlessly crafted from government-produced educational and training films, newsreels and advertisements. Taken together, these sources cheerily instruct the public on how to live in the Atomic Age, how to survive a nuclear attack (!) ... and how to fight and win a nuclear war. As a U.S. Army training film advises, "Viewed from a safe distance, the atomic bomb is one of the most beautiful sights ever seen by man." Returning to theaters in a sparkling 4K digital restoration created by IndieCollect, The Atomic Cafe is an absurdist blast from the past that would be downright laughable if it weren’t so eerily relevant to our fake news present.

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