Threads (Jackson, 1984): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 6.15pm
This film is part of the Discomfort Movies season and also screens on July 21st.
Time Out review:
Originally aired on British TV during the mid ‘80s, Mick Jackson’s
docudrama is a sobering, scary and highly realistic hypothetical account
of what might happen following a breakdown of society perpetrated, in
this instance, by a nuclear strike on Sheffield. The sense of impending
doom is palpable as the city’s citizens watch TV news reports about the
collapse in relations between Russia and the West. Panic buying becomes
looting as humanity begins to adopt a dog-eat-dog mentality. Then the
obliteration begins – and it’s pretty ghastly. Small wonder Threads
is in our 'Best Horror Films' list; while not strictly part of the horror genre, it
provokes a raft of similar emotions – only here you’re aware that this
can really happen. Powerful, thought-provoking stuff.
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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