FILMSCENE 101: NUCLEAR MOVIES
Wednesday screenings are accompanied by a FilmScene 101 lecture by our resident senior projectionist and scholar of nuclear cinema, Lee Sailor.
"A documentary of a nightmare."—Sam Toy, Empire Magazine
"The only film I have been really and truly scared and indeed horrified by."—Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
"So completely harrowing you'll probably never want to watch it again."—Jonathan Hatfull, SciFiNow
Upon its 1984 premiere at the height of global nuclear tension, Threads shocked the entirety of the BBC's viewership. Months later, it became the most-watched cable program in American history. Exactingly directed by Mick Jackson (Volcano) from a screenplay by Barry Hines (Ken Loach's Kes), this graphic docudrama depicts the unraveling of society after the working-class city of Sheffield, UK undergoes nuclear attack. With talk of nuclear conflict back in the news, the time is now for audiences with fortitude to experience and absorb this shattering vision on the big screen.