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Pitched (see title) as an analysis of the passionate love affair between the nuclear power providers and the governmen
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Critic's Name Peter Bradshaw Publication Guardian. The review. Vicki Lesley's sprightly, inconclusive documentary tackles a perennially controversial subject: nuclear power and its contested ...
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May 15, 2020 · A history of the atom - or rather, the splitting of the atom, and and nuclear power - framed as a romance, The Atom: A Love Affair incorporates numerous clips of young women gasping or sighing dramatically, and enough nuclear-themed love songs to fill a long submarine journey.
Exploring the industry's various efforts to shake off the safety concerns that have dogged it since its inception, it offers an entertaining and informative primer on a controversial industry's...
Vicki Lesley’s film, The Atom: A Love Affair (Curzon) is a fairly breezy walk through the world’s love/hate relationship with nuclear power. READ MORE
May 15, 2020 · The Atom: A Love Affair: Directed by Vicki Lesley. With Bertrand Barré, Tony Benn, Marcel Boiteux, Lily Cole. Passion. Belief. Betrayal. Hope. The turbulent story of the West's love-hate relationship with nuclear power over the past 70 years - by those who experienced it first hand.
May 14, 2020 · From the Manhattan Project to Hinkley Point, it’s been a controversial technology that has promised both humanity’s salvation and damnation. Now, first-time director Vicki Lesley’s easy-going documentary explores the post-war history of nuclear power.
