THEME EXPLORATION

nuclear experimentation

12 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · James Cameron
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 · Rupert Wyatt
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible
Altered States
Altered States
1980 · Ken Russell
Armageddon
Armageddon
1998 · Michael Bay
Blue Sky
Blue Sky
1994 · Tony Richardson
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2018 · Christopher McQuarrie
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011 · Brad Bird
Spider
Spider
2002 · David Cronenberg
Nokia Short
Nokia Short
2003 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Akira
Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Otomo
Gojira
Gojira
1954 · —
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Kinji Fukasaku Japan

His films like 'Virus' and 'Sengoku Jieitai' directly confront Japan's nuclear trauma and the existential dread of atomic catastrophe.

 Stanley Kubrick United States

'Dr. Strangelove' and 'Fail Safe' dissect nuclear paranoia, Cold War brinkmanship, and the absurdity of nuclear deterrence doctrine.