{"id":137,"date":"2006-11-06T23:30:50","date_gmt":"2006-11-07T03:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/archives\/137"},"modified":"2006-11-19T20:12:48","modified_gmt":"2006-11-20T00:12:48","slug":"the-war-game-1965-peter-watkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/archives\/137","title":{"rendered":"The War Game (1965, Peter Watkins)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A horrifying look at nuclear war.  Should&#8217;ve been required viewing, but was instead banned from the airwaves for decades.  Ho-hum.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/images\/thewargame1.jpg\" alt=\"image missing\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Short and to the point.  Not only tells what might happen during a nuclear attack on Britain, but shows it, enacting the attack documentary-style.<\/p>\n<p>Below: a homeowner discusses self-defense.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/images\/thewargame2.jpg\" alt=\"image missing\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A powerfully convincing movie against the bomb.  Unfortunately also harshly critical of Britain and its policies, which I&#8217;m sure contributed to the film being banned for so long.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/images\/thewargame3.jpg\" alt=\"image missing\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Of course, Watkins&#8217; own notes on the film are essential:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnsi.net\/~pwatkins\/PW_Game.htm\">http:\/\/www.mnsi.net\/~pwatkins\/PW_Game.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/images\/thewargame4.jpg\" alt=\"image missing\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Katy didn&#8217;t watch it, but probably should.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A horrifying look at nuclear war. Should&#8217;ve been required viewing, but was instead banned from the airwaves for decades. Ho-hum. Short and to the point. Not only tells what might happen during a nuclear attack on Britain, but shows it, enacting the attack documentary-style. Below: a homeowner discusses self-defense. A powerfully convincing movie against the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[410,102,151,37],"class_list":["post-137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie","tag-1960s","tag-britain","tag-peter-watkins","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}