First Look at New 4K Restoration of The Atomic Cafe
Posted July 16, 2018 03:00 PM by Webmaster
Kino Repertory has provided a brand new trailer for the recent 4K restoration of Kevin Rafferty's film The Atomic Cafe (1982). The restoration will open on August 1 at Film Forum in New York and will then be screened in select theaters across the country.
A preliminary release for an upcoming Blu-ray release has not yet been announced.
Synopsis: Armageddon has never been so darkly funny as in The Atomic Cafe. This 1982 cult classic juxtaposes Cold War history, propaganda, music and culture, seamlessly crafted from government-produced educational and training films, newsreels and advertisements. Taken together, these sources cheerily instruct the public on how to live in the Atomic Age, how to survive a nuclear attack (!) ... and how to fight and win a nuclear war. As a U.S. Army training film advises, "Viewed from a safe distance, the atomic bomb is one of the most beautiful sights ever seen by man." Returning to theaters in a sparkling 4K digital restoration created by IndieCollect, The Atomic Cafe is an absurdist blast from the past that would be downright laughable if it weren't so eerily relevant to our fake news present.