In this episode, we count our blessings we survived a nuclear war long enough to watch the movie Five (1951) about a small group of people trying to rebuild civilization after radioactive fallout kills everyone else. This is the first movie showing a post-nuclear war story, so how did it do? Did it accurately portray radiation sickness or nuclear war dynamics? What did the five fingers say to the Red Button (spoiler: it is “slap!”)? Tim Westmyer (@Westmyer) and James Sheehan (@JSheehanDC) answer these questions and more.
Before we harvested our atomic cornfields, we recommend:
-The Last Man on Earth (TV series)
-There Will Be Blood (2007 Movie)
-Six String Samurai (1998 Movie)
-Mad Max: Fury Road (2015 Movie)
-12 Angry Men (1957 Movie)
-How To Blow Up a Pipeline (2022 Movie)
-On the Beach (1959 Movie)
Enjoy!
