The Day After (1983) Part 7

Few American movies have dealt as graphically with nuclear holocaust as The Day After, which accounted for the controversy that surrounded the telefilm at the time of its initial network broadcast. In previous films, nuclear warfare was a matter for crusading politicians or military might, but here, both are kept in the background (the airman played by William Allen Young is more concerned with returning to his new wife than his duties) and the focus is fixed firmly on middle America--literally so, as the setting is Lawrence, Kansas, the near-center of the country. Audiences are briefly introduced to a representative cross-section of American life, including a doctor (Jason Robards), a young bride-to-be (Lori Lethin), a graduate student (Steve Guttenberg), and an academic (John Lithgow), before the Bomb hits nearby Kansas City. The ensuing destruction is utterly horrific, but a few manage to survive to struggle vainly with rising radiation levels and the slow, inevitable collapse of society. As a protest vehicle, The Day After is a triumph--its scenes of nuclear devastation remain the most powerful statements against nuclear armament ever depicted. It's buoyed by strong direction from Nicholas Meyer, who previously specialized in fantasy (Time After Time), and a capable cast who weather the material with grim determination.

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[TheBookWorm1718]

@hotelmario510 Some life. All the food is contaminated, the water is poisoned, the soil is not going to be good for anything, they can expect to live miserably and painfully for maybe a few weeks, a couple of months, yeah a whooooollle lot to be grateful for, eh?

[jaklkl]

if i ever die of radation sickness im ganna stab who ever made the nuke in hell

[hotelmario510]

"You mean he's just going to die out there?"

Yes. Your dog is going to die. Be grateful YOU'RE alive. Or rather, don't.

[moneyworks64]

@karry299 Dumbfuck, you see the russians moved nuclear weapons to cuba which put all most every US city in striking distance for a first strike, as of the all presidents being scum after the 50's i guess beauty in the eye of the beholder.

[karry299]

@mrbrianmccarthy

Oh come on, never going to happen ? That dumbfuck drug addict Kennedy almost started a nuclear war for no fucking reason ! Shitbag...its kinda funny how every US president since the 50's have been either a scum or an idiot. Sometimes both.

[Django5198]

@utar88utar Shit lol!!!!! I mean't 9:35

[utar88utar]

@mrbrianmccarthy ...GMO, HMO, cancer, HIV, etc

[mrbrianmccarthy]

This was never going to happen. The elites ar homicidal,but not suicidal.An all out nuclear war would destroy them as well as everyone else.No,they have more subtle ways to kill people than nukes---lethal viruses,neutron bombs

[utar88utar]

@Django5198 3:95? what sort of time is that? a venus one?

[Django5198]

What happened to her face at 3:95?