The Atomic Cafe

As we watch this film, it escapes my mind that we're watching a documentary. It's difficult to believe that our government did such things. People always say that the communist governments were brainwashing their people, but at the same time so was our own. The commercials and informational segments that were put on TV were ridiculous. The information was false and made no sense, especially the pie chart with 85% worry and 15% death. After watching Pearl Harbor I thought that the event somewhat justified the atomic bombs being dropped on Japan, but after seeing these last 2 films I take that back. The negative aftereffects outweigh the positives, and I feel as if in a way this was the reason for the Cold War. The actual usage of an a-bomb in war made it seem like we were capable of using it every time that it looked necessary, and we pressured the Soviet Union into joining the race.

Dr. Strangelove

I found this movie interesting because aside from being interesting it also had some historic value. The details may not have been accurate but it displayed the way people were living in the time. I didn't understand why the movie was named after the Dr. if he had one of the shortest numbers of lines out of all the main characters. I found a few pieces of irony in the film interesting. When the President says there's no fighting in the war room, and when the military is attacking the base that the General is in there's a billboard in the background is 'Our job is to keep piece' as there re gunshots being fired everywhere. I feel like the US and Russia each felt like by building all these missiles they were keeping peace when they were actually endangering the entire world