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Paranoia City: Atomic Dreams & Cold War Nightmares
Atomic Dreams & Cold War Nightmares
55 minDocumentary
The creation of the atomic bomb did not only unleash a destructive force—it transformed the imagination of the nation that made it, haunting its collective mind and giving rise to dreams and nightmares. PARANOIA CITY is a feature-length (54min) archival essay film exploring the Atomic Age through nuclear test footage, government civil defence films, Cold War propaganda, and 1950s science fiction cinema.
Director: Bja Samuel
Keywords
Style:found footage
Plot:propagandaatomic bombamerican culturearchive footagenuclear weaponsessay filmcivil defensenuclear testingatomic agecultural historyhistorical documentaryfallout shelterufostrinity testnuclear anxiety
Time:cold war
Place:hiroshima, japanpostwar america
