In the summer of 1945, the world first saw the effectsnuclear disaster, when the Japanese city of Hiroshima was subjected to a monstrous attack. Fortunately, mankind no longer dared to repeat such fatal mistakes. In the movie, nuclear apocalypse is a fairly common topic. However, in films such scenes are not revealed in order to demonstrate the superiority of one state over another, but are a warning to one and all about the deplorable consequences of using prohibited weapons. Let us consider which films about the nuclear apocalypse deserve the attention of a wide audience.
The Book of Eli (2009)
Opens our list of paintings about nuclearApocalypse film "The Book of Eli." The story tells about the lives of people who are on the verge of extinction. Civilization fell into complete decay after a terrible disaster. Everywhere reigns chaos, chaos, hunger and misery. Clinging to the last chance to exist, people turned into aggressive, soulless creatures, ready to go for any crimes in search of water and provisions.
Единственным человеком, которому удается to resist his animal instincts in the atmosphere of a nuclear apocalypse, Eli remains - a wise man and a philosopher from the main road. He is led by the word of God. The hero travels through the desert expanses, protecting the Holy Scripture. Soon on the way Eli gets a gang of imperious tyrant Carnegie, who plans to enslave the survivors and become the sole ruler on Earth. Will the devout resist the malice and blasphemy on the way to the cherished goal?
"Letters of a Dead Man" (1986)
The film is the first good quality example.Soviet post-apocalyptic from director Konstantin Lopushansky. The tape, the script of which was developed in cooperation with Boris Strugatsky himself, gives his own view on how life would have happened if there had been an armed confrontation during the Cold War. Indeed, in that difficult period, US intentions to blow up the USSR were seriously considered. The nuclear apocalypse as a result of the confrontation between the two superpowers - this is the theme that was chosen by the authors of the film.
Сюжет картины знакомит зрителя с нобелевским laureate named Larson (Roland Bykov). The latter sends letters every day to the missing son, who was lost after the catastrophe that occurred as a result of an accidental nuclear explosion at one of the American military bases. At this time, the remnants of humanity, hiding in underground shelters and catacombs, are trying to establish a new social order. The final picture is an eloquent warning to humanity on behalf of real world scientists about the dangers of nuclear technology.
"Dr. Strangelove, or How I stopped being afraid and loved the bomb" (1964)
Продолжим обозревать лучшие фильмы про ядерный Apocalypse. Without any doubt, perhaps the most sensational tape about the world crisis in the entire history of cinema deserves the attention of a wide audience. It is about the picture of cult director Stanley Kubrick - “Doctor Strangelove, or How I stopped being afraid and fell in love with the bomb”, which was released in 1964. The film, based on the literary work of Peter George “The Red Alarm”, was released in the midst of the Cold War.
According to the plot, some high rank AmericanArmy - General Ripper orders to blow up the USSR. The nuclear apocalypse takes place here not in reality, but in the heads of powerful, self-satisfied politicians. Fortunately, the entire confrontation ultimately boils down only to satirical verbal skirmishes in the offices of the leaders of world powers.
The Testament (1983)
«Завещание» – мощнейшее послание человечеству о what horrors and hardships await us all after a nuclear war. The director of the tape, Lynn Titman, was able to fully uncover the topic of the existence of people in a large-scale disaster.
История переносит зрителя в город, который becomes a real cemetery after a nuclear bomb attack. Absolutely everything turns out to be infected with disastrous radiation, including saving supplies of water. Without access to safe food, mothers are forced to feed their children with poisonous breast milk. Adults eke out a miserable life in the hope of help from those in power. However, salvation never comes.
It is worth noting that the painting "Testament" hasvery weak plot. But the strength of the film is not in the complex and confusing narration, but in an amazing acting game. Especially realistically conveyed a great game of young actors involved in the tape.
