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The Day After 1983 ★★★★★
I wish I could be a fly on the wall in different households the eve this first was aired. The closest thing I have now is this report.
This should not be judged by the same standards as other films. To be perfectly honest, the only movie person observation I made is that it was striking how two of the cast members went on to earn their chops in comedy.
It should just be experienced and the viewer should just be immersed in what's going on. It is one haunting image after another. Between the build up with the news always getting worse and scarier, the hospital performing operations under flashlights, the image of Stephen and Denise in the basketball field,...
Together with Schindler's List, this is probably the most relevant film of the past fifty years. To be seen and not forgotten.
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