The War Game (1966)
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The War Game is a 1966 British BBC television documentary drama war film. In this pseudo-documentary, a hypothetical Chinese invasion of South Vietnam triggers a new world war between East and West. In the town of Rochester, Kent, the anticipation of a nuclear attack leads to mass evacuations. When a stray missile actually explodes, the ensuing firestorm blinds all those who see it. It's not long before the fabric of society is ripped apart owing to radiation poisoning, a lack of infrastructure and rioting for food and other necessities. A film made in association with the British Film Institute (BFI).
As a good surrealist, Rivette knows catholicism is immensely surrealist so he can keep it straight here. It starts nicely didactic, immediately setting the tone with a mini sociological takedown of convent life. A patient film on the trials of a young woman who is forced by her asshole parents into life as a nun. But the alternative isn't all that. A long sad film but I was impressed by how the story has an excellent pace. Great modernist quasi-Japanese music too and Anna Karina knows how to do sad like few can.
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