Atomic Cafe (2-DVD Collector's Edition)

A hot spot in a cold war.
Atomic Cafe (2-DVD Collector's Edition)
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DVD Details

  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 28 minutes
  • Video: Black & White / Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: October 27, 2008
  • Originally Released: 1982
  • Label: New Video Group

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Entertainment Reviews:

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 2,515
Rating: 3/4 -- The Atomic Cafe is a chilling memory of life in the first years under the mushroom umbrella. Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
May 8, 2019
Viewers old enough to remember "duck and cover" drills and homemade fallout shelters (and suits!) will get a special charge out of "Atomic's" many archival gems. Full Review
Los Angeles Times
Aug 10, 2018
The Atomic Café at times feels like an essay film, but its points come across cumulatively, subtly. Full Review
Village Voice
Jul 31, 2018
The film fails to offer even the barest social context for its material. Full Review
Time Out
Feb 9, 2006
...Amusing and provocative content...
Variety
Mar 17, 1982
Rating: 10/10 -- As funny as it is frightening, The Atomic Cafe is a genius, tongue-in-cheek retrospective of a far less cynical time, and the lies that the government used at the time to justify their new power. Full Review
Film Threat
Aug 21, 2018
...Devastating...
New York Times
Mar 17, 1982

Product Description:

A hilarious, harrowing collection of government propaganda films intended to "educate" the public about nuclear war. Among the featured shorts are Burt the Turtle showing school children how to "duck and cover," a happy family going about its daily routine in a fallout shelter, and several army training films.

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Product Info

  • UPC: 767685134405
  • Shipping Weight: 0.37/lbs (approx)
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