April 23, 2007

the real War Game

War Game may have been made in the 1960s, but it seems like they were attempting to predict a future that many of us fear. The way in which the film creates a world that is frighteningly real and acts as something that could likely happen. In a world where nuclear weapons can be created by many, the destruction of the inhabitants of earth seems possible. The film makes people see that this is not just a possibility for us, but it is something that we have to be ready for. It shows us what will happen if our ideas do not change. The film is so scary because much of what we see is true, or is at least based on what happened to places where the bombs were dropped, like Hiroshima. I do not think that we would have been so quick to bomb the cities if the public knew just how much devastation the nuclear bombs could bring. The realism of the film is created by using handheld cameras, almost making it seem like this is actually going on. The world that we are being shown is one of fear and, even though the film does not use many effects, the viewer can almost feel the pain that those in the film are experiencing. One example is when the bomb has just gone off and people's skin is actually burning off. We do not see exactly what it looks like because the people hold their faces, but imagining what it could be like makes it more frightening. The film expresses the evils of man and the technology we have created will only harm the inhabitants of earth. The film has just as much of an impact today as it did when it first came out because we have seen what these bombs can do and the wars that we are experience now are not as conventional as those fought in the past. Instead of fighting on an open field, we fly over targets and drop bombs. The film takes this aspect of our world and shows us what could be a possible future. The film is such a great impact because of the way we see how the people are being affected by the bomb and, even though it is fictional, it provides a detailed account of what we may be forced to face.

1 comment:

steve mccann said...

This film, although it didn't show the effects of nuclear war in graphic detail, did get its point across. Even though I missed the very beginning of the film, I knew as soon as I watched about a minute of it that it was a Peter Watkins film. It has the technical details in the narration, the non-actors, and the overall gloomy tone. This film is a stunning contrast to the ridiculous nature of U.S. nuclear war films of that era, such as Duck and Cover.