The Atomic Cafe
A hot spot in a cold war.
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 28 minutes
- Video: Black & White / Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: December 4, 2018
- Originally Released: 1982
- Label: Kino Classics
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Directed by | Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader & Pierce Rafferty | |
| Produced by | Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader & Pierce Rafferty |
Entertainment Reviews:
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Rating: 10/10 --
As funny as it is frightening, The Atomic Cafe is a genius, tongue-in-cheek retrospective of a far less cynical time, and the lies that the government used at the time to justify their new power.
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Film Threat
Rating: 10/10 --
Compilation essay film of the propaganda celebration of the nuclear age, both in cartoonish and apocalyptic form... So long as there are unstable madmen with nuclear codes clutched in their fists, fear rightfully abides.
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Newcity
The Atomic Cafe provokes a surprising number of laughs, from a soundtrack of awe-inspiringly tasteless '50s pop songs to its extracts of horribly acted army films warning of Commies on the home front.
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The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
Rating: B --
This poignant, often funny docu consists of revelatory clips used by the government as propaganda about the Atomic Bomb.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
The Atomic Cafe is a true horror comedy, with a wealth of death's-head humor that even Dr. Strangelove can't match.
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Pacific Sun (San Rafael, CA)
Rating: 8/10 --
While some of the specific elements of The Atomic Cafe were already passe at the time of the film's release in 1982, the prevailing spirit of Loader and the Raffertys' documentary remains just as potent.
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The Gate
The Atomic Café at times feels like an essay film, but its points come across cumulatively, subtly.
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Village Voice
Product Description:
Armageddon has never been so darkly funny as in The Atomic Café. This 1982 cult classic juxtaposes Cold War history, propaganda, music and culture, seamlessly crafted from government-produced educational and training films, newsreels and advertisements. Taken together, these sources cheerily instruct the public on how to live in the Atomic Age, how to survive a nuclear attack (!) ... and how to fight and win a nuclear war. As a U.S. Army training film advises, "Viewed from a safe distance, the atomic bomb is one of the most beautiful sights ever seen by man." Returning to home video in a sparkling 4K digital restoration created by IndieCollect, The Atomic Cafe is an absurdist blast from the past that would be downright laughable if it weren't so eerily relevant to our fake news present.
Special Features: Selection of government propaganda films (courtesy of the prelinger archives) | Filmwax radio interview with Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader, and Pierce Rafferty | Audio excerpts from Jayne Loader's CD-ROM "Public Shelter" | Trailer
Special Features: Selection of government propaganda films (courtesy of the prelinger archives) | Filmwax radio interview with Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader, and Pierce Rafferty | Audio excerpts from Jayne Loader's CD-ROM "Public Shelter" | Trailer
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 8,996
- UPC: 738329235796
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