Tag: Jimmy T. Murakami

Nuclear Madness, Part 1: When the Wind Blows (1986), Threads (1984), and The War Game (1965)

Nuclear Madness, Part 1: When the Wind Blows (1986), Threads (1984), and The War Game (1965)

February 28, 2015 | By

In Part 1 of this series on anti-nuclear dramas, three differing levels of British Bleakism: Raymond Briggs’ When the Wind Blows (1986) on Blu from Twilight Time, Mick Jackson’s Threads (1986), and Peter Watkins’ The War Game (1965).

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BR: When the Wind Blows (1986)

BR: When the Wind Blows (1986)

February 28, 2015 | By

After producing an animated version of Raymond Briggs’ beautiful, now-classic, all-ages Christmas weepie The Snowman (1982), John Coates set his sights on something more in tune with the more timely subject of nuclear war / utter annihilation…

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