Atomic Cafe
A stunner, a movie that has one howling with laughter, horror and disbelief. Deserves national attention.
-- Vincent Canby, New York Times
Part of IndieCollect RESCUE FEST 2024
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 ...
Opening at
Monica Film Center on Dec 9th
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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