'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

Name: 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020-01-28
Duration: 20 min
Cast: J. Hoberman, Frieda Altman, Nancy Berg, Edward Binns, Dana Elcar

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The Criterion Collection

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2020-01-28

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler on which "Fail-Safe" is based, along with the pervasiveness of nuclear paranoia in films of the sixties.

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J. Hoberman

Self (archive footage)

Frieda Altman

Self (archive footage)

Nancy Berg

Self (archive footage)

Edward Binns

Self (archive footage)

Dana Elcar