Comments by "christine paris" (@christineparis5607) on "Top 10 Post-Apocalyptic Movies To See Before The World Ends" video.
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To me, "On The Beach" is the most heartrending of all apocalyptic movies. Based on a novel by Nevil Shute, the only place left with survivors is Australia, and they know the radiation cloud is coming. People react in different ways, feeling intensely alone in their pain. The most shocking scene was when a submarine surfaces in San Fransico Bay, hoping that they have survivors, only to look through the telescopes at the empty streets and buildings...it made a huge impression on me at the time, since I lived next to San Francisco and the idea of it completely empty and deserted was truly shocking...during the film the sorrowful Australian tune "Waltzing Matilda", written after WWI and Gallipoli, weaves through the background, reminding us that an apocalypse had already happened for so many, long ago.
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Oh god! "Threads"....
The movie that destroyed my childhood and made me seriously look at Nietzsche as having the appropriate outlook for the future...
You are right, Threads is right there with a perfect slap in the face to get across that there will be NO winners in a nuclear war..."Grave of the Fireflies" and "Requiem for a Dream" are big runners up, but Grave of the Fireflies, after I realized that it was autobiographical, really broke me.
I have to say that I decided a long time ago that I'd rather be hopeful and altruistic than depressed and selfish, I still get depressed, but found that doing at least one unselfish thing every day, which started as a kind of dare during a brunch (of all things!), over 15 years ago, almost erased my depression and gave me ideas for started a charity. No matter how hopeless you feel, you can make someone else's whole day, or life, depending on your action...it has led to some incredible people...
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