Eric Schlosser – The Bomb #Berlinale

March 4, 2017

Eric Schlosser - The Bomb #Berlinale fredfilmradio

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Eric Schlosser, director of the film The Bomb.

FRED’s Chiara Nicoletti meets director, author and writer Eric Schlosser, at the 67th Berlinale to present the film project he conceived and directed with Kevin Ford and Smriti Keshari. The film is based on his own book Command and Control, grew out of a research he did on nuclear weapons. To cite Eric Schlosser’s own words: “The Bomb was created to give audiences a powerful, visceral sense of the nuclear danger we now face. Unlike the bookand the documentary, it seeks to provide a fully immersive experience. It was Smriti Keshari’s idea to combine film, animation, live music, and screens that completely enclose the viewer and this structure proved to be powerful as it was a huge success in New York and at Berlinale.

The Bomb: over seven decades have passed since a city was destroyed by a nuclear weapon. But the danger never went away. We are now confronted with a world in which nine nations possess about 15,000 nuclear weapons. Many of the weapons in the American arsenal are roughly 20 times more powerful than the bomb detonated at Hiroshima. the bomb places the viewer in the middle of the story of nuclear weapons – the most dangerous machines ever built – from the Trinity Test in 1945 to the current state of nuclear weapons in 2017. It will explore the culture surrounding nuclear weapons, the fascination they inspire, and the perverse appeal they still exert. It will convey the impossibility of controlling this technology.

For the film page on the festival website click here.

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