Mmmm! Nuclear Cappuccino

Atomic Cafe can probably be ranked in my top 3 movies from this course.  It has a very creative take on the documentary with the utilization of news reals, speeches, and government videos, but no narration or reenactments.  I think this serves to make the film seem even more credible than it would have been with a Morgan Freeman voiceover.  

I have to agree with Mr. Bennett in pointing out that anyone who criticizes the bias in the film is an idiot.  The whole point of a documentary is using the facts to make your viewers agree with your opinion on the topic.  

The director of Atomic Cafe does a superb job at revealing the ridiculousness of war(similar to Dr. Strangelove).  As a modern audience, we see how the government fooled Americans into believing that atomic radiation was easily avoided or treated.  This is highly thought provoking since our leaders can lie just as well today as they did 50 years ago. 

Obviously hindsight is 20/20, but I think that Americans need to try and find the faults in government today like we see in the Cold War.  If the hippies were able to do it, I'm sure we can.