'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
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Documentary
2020 20min
Synopsis
Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler on which "Fail-Safe" is based, along with the pervasiveness of nuclear paranoia in films of the sixties.
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Technical team
Elizabeth Pauker Producing
Curtis Tsui Producing
Peter Becker Executive Producing
Kim Hendrickson Executive Producing
Jonathan Turell Executive Producing
Production
The Criterion Collection