#Atomic cafe tv
Instead, it accumulates motion pictures from that period, including PSAs, newsreels, radio clips, stock footage, TV shows and government-owned movies. The Atomic Cafe chronicles America after World War II, from 1945 to the early 60’s, without narration or newly-shot interview segments like other documentaries. I cringed after finished watching it due to many reasons. When I heard of the title and concept, I thought it was another goofy compilation of 50’s footage, with over the top films such as Red Nightmare or If Footmen Tire You What Will Horses Do? (in which I already reviewed on GCDB). And in 1982, an anti-war film called “The Atomic Cafe” was released. Bands such as The Dead Kennedys and Bad Religion had criticized war throughout the years. Perhaps the most prominent one was in the Hardcore Punk movement. In the early 80’s there were different kinds of war protests out there. The atmosphere and context between the wrath of the Soviets and (the questionable) North Korea are totally different.
This is why the Red Dawn remake is totally forgettable. That’s right, no matter how the ridiculous plot of the original Red Dawn is, it was made when citizens believed that what was depicted in the film could actually happen. The state of paranoia was reflected in movies such as The Day After or Red Dawn. Nuclear War wasn’t a joke in this decade since both the USA and Soviet started the arms race again. A song that many people remember due to the music video (in which Ronald Reagan fights against USSR leader, Konstantin Chernenko, in a wrestling match) and the fact that this and Genesis’ Land of Confusion are two songs (and videos) that sum up the fear of 80’s Cold War pretty well. That’s some lyrics from Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Two Tribes. “Are we living in a land…where sex and horror are the new Gods?”
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