Relevant film recommendation: “On the Beach” - about life in Melbourne in the 60s as “the last of humanity”, with the cloud of radiation heading to wipe them out…
It’s excellent. Especially the ending, with empty streets and everyone just… Gone.
Novel is by Neville Shute, I believe, who was trained as an aeronautical engineer. I haven’t read it, but I believe it is good, too.
I don’t actually believe that we are headed for that (YMMV), but it is an excellent piece of celluloid, and time capsule, if nothing else.
They made a doco on the production and background about a decade ago, I believe…
Relevant film recommendation: “On the Beach” - about life in Melbourne in the 60s as “the last of humanity”, with the cloud of radiation heading to wipe them out…
It’s excellent. Especially the ending, with empty streets and everyone just… Gone.
Novel is by Neville Shute, I believe, who was trained as an aeronautical engineer. I haven’t read it, but I believe it is good, too.
I don’t actually believe that we are headed for that (YMMV), but it is an excellent piece of celluloid, and time capsule, if nothing else.
They made a doco on the production and background about a decade ago, I believe…
I remember seeing that in the cinema.