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In Reply to: Liquid Sky. posted by TAFKA Steve on February 06, 2000 at 15:52:09:
I'd like to see "Liquid Sky" out of sheer curiousity, especially the quality of the
dual-role performance of Carlisle. Have you seen "The Atomic Cafe" -
(1982)? That's another one I want to see, has a good rating at the
IMDb site. - AH
Atomic Cafe is made almost entirely of clips of old army training films, historical footage, propaganda and pop newsreel clips... most is B&W but some parts are color. It's put together really well and is both amusing and biting commentary on the idea of nuclear survivability. Having grown up at ground zero (well close to SAC anyway) in the 50's I found the bits with the "duck and cover" techniques followed by clips of the destruction from military test cameras in their mock cities particularly amusing (remember I thought crawling under my desk was pretty pointless even when I was in second grade). While the thing is totally different than most movies in that there are no main characters or plot, the juxtaposition of contrasting images and campy nostalgia was so well done that I'd rate it higher than any hollywood flick I've seen in the last decade, though it is a bit like comparing apples and watermelons (all of my friends loved it too). Both it and the 1984 release of Metropolis belong on any sci-fi lover's shelf. See also the reviews at Amazon.com
I too, a child of the 50s, grew up adjacent to a large logistics base with
a B-52 SAC bomb wing. Many nights turned into nightmares as I was abruptly
awakened by piercing airraid sirens on practice drills at the base. My
sleep-clouded mind in near panic, shivers raced up and down my spine as I
envisioned incoming missiles with nukes, a big fireball over the base and
everything incinerated, including me as I lie in the bed! Yes, I need to
see "The Atomic Cafe". - AH
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