The list of films dealing directly with what it might be like to experience a nuclear war at ground zero is shorter than you might think. As powerful as Dr. Strangelove (1964), and Fail Safe (1962) are, they’re also highly stylized, and end before the effects of a nuclear war can begin. Likewise, excellent made for TV efforts like By Dawn’s Early Light (1990) and Special Bulletin, which aired April 29, 1984. On The Beach (1959) is also lacking in any sort of immediate realistic depiction of postwar life, taking place in a submarine in a world where cobalt bombs (non-existent but theoretically possible) have created a lethal radiation cloud that is enveloping the world. We are spared overt sights of the pure devastation and suffering...
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