Sunday, January 16, 2011

The Atomic Cafe

I really am enjoying this documentary, because (like Diana said) it makes me realize how this is real life. That we, humans actually did this.

What I really am enjoying about this documentary is how it exposes war as a game. Much like the previous film, it shows how at the time no one took this concept of war seriously, at all. Especially the part where they show this war in a positive, humorous light just shocked me.

The part of the movie that shocked me the most is the execution of the "Soviet Spies". The way they described the process in such a matter-of-fact manner just shocked me to no end. I could not perceive how these people were killed, and how the rest of the world took it so lightly. Propaganda is seen simply as a game - not even as a publicity war - but just as a game!

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