Re. Blicero

[Eric Rosenbloom]

Dave Monroe wrote:
> 
> Took me a while to find this one again, but, again,
> indeed, the Rocket 00000 does not come down in the
> book.  In a certain sense, it cannot.  That "nuclear
> sublime," that unrepresentability of the absolutely
> catastrophic ...
> 
> Remember the failures of The Day After?  The worst is
> when the missiles fly.  Though if you want to see a
> successfully devastating post-nuclear holocaust film,
> try Testament, which succeeds precisely by not
> representing the event head on, but, rather, its
> effects from afar.  Any comments on literary successes
> would be appreciated.   Nevil Shute's On the Beach?

Cinema: Andrei Tarkhovsky's "The Sacrifice", in which apocalyptic
destruction is only implied, may in fact be only imagined.

--
Eric R



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