The Bomb (2016)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2016
	Director: Kevin Ford, Smriti Keshari, Eric Schlosser
	Actors: -
	Country: USA
	Genre: Documentary, Music, War
	Conditions of visioning: 30.09.2017, VOD, 10" tablet screen
Synopsis: A montage about the history of the atomic bomb with an emphasis on its destructive power.
Review: The Bomb stands half-way between the Documentary and a full-album video clip. Indeed it is a gathering of historic footage with some artistic overlays (like drawings) and sometimes a few dates and marking events, the whole accompanied by the soundtrack by the Eletronic Music band The Acid that I didn't know before. And the different "chapters" of the movie are cut to different songs, perfectly fitting even in their title, which is what makes me think of a long video-clip (like Daft Punk did with Interstella 5555). I found the editing cleverly done, first telling the story of the arms race from infantry (waw those shots or endless rows of soldiers...) to regular bombs and the Atomic one, going through a black screen of 10 seconds and then reverting back in time from Hiroshima to Einstein. Meanwhile I got to see new images and learn a few new fact, about animal testing and the propaganda showing how to protect yourself in case of nuclear explosion: Duck and cover! The superimposition of images with drawings reminded me of the graphic novels series Alpha/Directions, Beta/Civilization by Jens Harder. The Bomb, lasting an hour, is an experience to live rather than to watch thanks to a hypnotic editing punctuated by the perfect electronic music. And if that's not enough for you to get the message, it is distilled at the end of the movie in the two panel reproduced at the end of this post.
Rating: 7 /10