Country: UK
Year: 1965
Duration: 48'
World War Three: England is struck by an atomic bomb. Cities are destroyed, millions die, panic spreads. Released during the anti-nuclear campaign, the masterpiece by Peter Watkins is a political fiction mockumentary which reconstructs the disaster with the terse style of journalistic reporting and disquieting editing. Shot in Kent and commissioned by the BBC, it was judged too shocking to go on the air, was projected and won an Oscar in 1966.
Biography
film director
Peter Watkins
FILMOGRAFIA
The Web (cm, 1956), The Field of Red (cm, 1958), The Diary of an Unknown Soldier (cm, 1959), The Forgotten Faces (cm, 1961), The Controllers (cm, doc., 1963), Culloden (tv, 1964), The War Game (1965), Privilege (1967), Gladiatorerna (1969), Punishment Park (1971), Edvard Munch (tv, 1974), 70’ernes folk (tv, doc., 1975), Fällan (tv, 1975), Aftenlandet (1977), Resan (doc., 1987), The Media Project (doc., 1991), Fritänkaren (video, 1994), La commune (Paris, 1871) (2000).
Cast
& Credits
regia, produttore/director, producer
Peter Watkins
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Peter Watkins, Michael Aspel
fotografia/cinematography
Peter Bartlett, Peter Suschitzky
montaggio/film editing
Michael Bradsell
interpreti/cast
Michael Aspel, Peter Graham (i commentatori/commentators)
costumi/costume design
Vanessa Clarke
produzione/production
Bbc
Peter Watkins
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Peter Watkins, Michael Aspel
fotografia/cinematography
Peter Bartlett, Peter Suschitzky
montaggio/film editing
Michael Bradsell
interpreti/cast
Michael Aspel, Peter Graham (i commentatori/commentators)
costumi/costume design
Vanessa Clarke
produzione/production
Bbc