The Bomb

2016
55m

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the bomb places the viewer in the middle of the story of nuclear weapons - the most dangerous machines ever built - from the Trinity Test in 1945 to the current state of nuclear weapons in 2... Read allthe bomb places the viewer in the middle of the story of nuclear weapons - the most dangerous machines ever built - from the Trinity Test in 1945 to the current state of nuclear weapons in 2016.the bomb places the viewer in the middle of the story of nuclear weapons - the most dangerous machines ever built - from the Trinity Test in 1945 to the current state of nuclear weapons in 2016.

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1Doubletrubbleqq

Boring and insensitive

I understand art can be controversial but this piece was overly repetitive and relied too much on the idea of trying to make mushroom clouds look beautiful. Not really educational or interesting at all. Music was good though.

10steckerdan

Strikes an Emotional Nerve

Enthralling and entrancing, The Bomb combines archival nuclear test footage and Cold War propaganda films, set to modern electronic trip-hop by The Acid. The narration of traditional documentary is eschewed as the images are allowed to speak for themselves, unfiltered. The result strikes an awesome and terrifying emotional nerve, one that we have grown numb to in the wake of the Cold War, as one realizes the still present risk of a nuclear apocalypse through accident, proliferation, and escalation.

8unzki

Few Additions...

I would've added at the end imagery of extremophile life: bacteria, tardigrades, insects, deep-sea volcanic vents. Then moved on to abandoned human places that nature has taken over, like the Pripyat region (Chernobyl incident).

Why? To show that life will go on even if humanity is stupid enough to erase itself from existence. We do not matter on such a scale, and nothing will cry for us after we are gone.

Also, would've liked to see death/injury rate on the animal testing.

10MehmetHIZARCI

The real bomb

Its a nuclear bomb documentry made in perfect way with some perfect musics. Its a documentry but the narrator is video itself. Its harmony is so relaxing and so fearfull at the same time. Sometimes I just listen to it while I play games or just surfing on the internet.

"for if we believe that the spread of nuclear weapons is inevitable, then in some way we are admitting to ourselves that the use of nuclear weapons is" -Barack Obama

5DereksDumbReviews

Mind Blown

Scoring: .5-Plot. .5-Characters. 0-Acting. .5-Writing. .5-Cinematography. .5-Direction. .5-Pace/Tone 1-Score. 1-Special Effects. .5-Cultural Impact/Influence. 5.5 Total. Rounded total to 5

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The soundtrack is by The Acid. The Acid have been touring performing the score live to the film. Performances thus far have been Tribeca film fest, Berlinale, Glastonbury Festival, Nobel Peace Prize award ceremonies (Oslo) & Sydney Festival.