Atomic Cafe
A stunner, a movie that has one howling with laughter, horror and disbelief. Deserves national attention.
-- Vincent Canby, New York Times
The Atomic Cafe
Knitting together unintentionally hilarious U.S. government films on how to prepare for a nuclear bomb, this cheeky meditation on Armageddon was named to the National Film Registry in 2011 and remains a masterpiece.
· New 4K Restoration by IndieCollect, part of RESCUE FEST
· Peter Conheim conducts Q&A with Jayne Loader
“A comic horror film. Everyone should visit The Atomic Cafe.” – J. Hoberman, Village Voice
“An artfully assembled collage of official insanity.” – David Ansen, Newsweek
“A chilling memory of life in the first years under the mushroom umbrella.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Nuclear holocausts were never so darkly funny as in The Atomic Cafe (1982), a compilation of hilariously scrunchy archival footage.”
– CBS
“Never feels too distant, despite the years, perhaps because both careless stewardship of the bomb and surreal official propaganda seem to be making a comeback.” – Michael Agresta, Texas Observer
Presented in 2K
· New 4K Restoration by IndieCollect, part of RESCUE FEST
· Peter Conheim conducts Q&A with Jayne Loader
“A comic horror film. Everyone should visit The Atomic Cafe.” – J. Hoberman, Village Voice
“An artfully assembled collage of official insanity.” – David Ansen, Newsweek
“A chilling memory of life in the first years under the mushroom umbrella.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Nuclear holocausts were never so darkly funny as in The Atomic Cafe (1982), a compilation of hilariously scrunchy archival footage.”
– CBS
“Never feels too distant, despite the years, perhaps because both careless stewardship of the bomb and surreal official propaganda seem to be making a comeback.” – Michael Agresta, Texas Observer
Presented in 2K
Genre
Documentary,
Politics & World Affairs,
History
Runtime
88
Language
English
Director
Kevin Rafferty,
Jayne Loader,
Pierce Rafferty
FEATURED REVIEW
Bilge Ebiri, Village Voice
A time capsule of a time capsule, the 1982 documentary compilation film 'The Atomic Café' feels suddenly, enragingly relevant again. There was a time — during the 1990s particularly — when Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, and Pierce Rafferty’s montage of newsreels, training films, and commercials from ...
Played at
Monica Film Center 8.10.18 - 8.16.18
Playhouse 7 8.11.18 - 8.12.18
Claremont 5 8.11.18 - 8.12.18
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