Who can just remember those cold, cold days of the 1960s. K-19 'The Widow-killer', starring Harrison Ford and another Irish man called Liam Nesson. It describes an aspect to the cold war - namely the sacrifices, accidents and sorrow of that time.
I like the way the film does its best to represent the age, the aspirations, the beliefs and so on.
That 'technology was the future and religious icons' were not allowed in the 'reactor room'.
The aspiration of free power for every household, nuclear powered cars and travel to other planets. It seemed that all that HAD to happen.
Look out for some pretty old, looking analogue kind of instrumentation and equipment - if you care for a trip down through memory lane in that regard.
My folks have always told me it was hard in those days, for example the young men on the sub, didn't at all know what going in to fix a nuclear reactor was about. They thought that 'chemical suits' would somehow protect them.
Anyhow, it is a very dark representation of the 1960s era. But possibly one that is quite true also. I am comparing it to the 'cowboy John waynes, and Clint Eastwood movies' that most people would have known back then.
I am wondering, what architects and urban planners of the 1960s thought the world would be like now? Is anyone old enough to remember?
I mean, the big motorway construction across Europe after the war, and the promise of this unlimited supply of cheap power? The way mass usage of motorways and automobiles have broken down the fabrics of community life.
It MUST have dictated more than a bit, of how they actually saw the world. Bearing in mind, that few people were thinking ecologically yet at this time - 1960s disposable culture and so on... or am i wrong?
Of course in present day Ukraine, there are still worries about safety. Old people there are still living within 100 miles of the reactor disaster area. But young people are the biggest losers, and the generations after them.
I like the way the film does its best to represent the age, the aspirations, the beliefs and so on.
That 'technology was the future and religious icons' were not allowed in the 'reactor room'.
The aspiration of free power for every household, nuclear powered cars and travel to other planets. It seemed that all that HAD to happen.
Look out for some pretty old, looking analogue kind of instrumentation and equipment - if you care for a trip down through memory lane in that regard.
My folks have always told me it was hard in those days, for example the young men on the sub, didn't at all know what going in to fix a nuclear reactor was about. They thought that 'chemical suits' would somehow protect them.
Anyhow, it is a very dark representation of the 1960s era. But possibly one that is quite true also. I am comparing it to the 'cowboy John waynes, and Clint Eastwood movies' that most people would have known back then.
I am wondering, what architects and urban planners of the 1960s thought the world would be like now? Is anyone old enough to remember?
I mean, the big motorway construction across Europe after the war, and the promise of this unlimited supply of cheap power? The way mass usage of motorways and automobiles have broken down the fabrics of community life.
It MUST have dictated more than a bit, of how they actually saw the world. Bearing in mind, that few people were thinking ecologically yet at this time - 1960s disposable culture and so on... or am i wrong?
Of course in present day Ukraine, there are still worries about safety. Old people there are still living within 100 miles of the reactor disaster area. But young people are the biggest losers, and the generations after them.
