Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise (2015)

Using only archive film and a new musical score by the band Mogwai, Mark Cousins presents an impressionistic kaleidoscope of our nuclear times – protest marches, Cold War sabre-rattling, Chernobyl and Fukishima – but also the sublime beauty of the atomic world, and how x-rays and MRI scans have improved human lives. The nuclear age has been a nightmare, but dreamlike too.

Cast

Crew

Director
Mark Cousins
Producer
J John Archer
Producer
M Mark Atkin
Producer
H Heather Croall
Original Music Composer
J John Cummings
Original Music Composer
S Stuart Braithwaite
Original Music Composer
D Dominic Aitchison
Original Music Composer
M Martin Bulloch
Original Music Composer
B Barry Burns
Executive Producer
R Ross McKenzie
Editor
T Timo Langer
Production Manager
K Karen O'Hare
Sound Effects Editor
W William Aikman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
K Kahl Henderson
Online Editor
C Chas Chalmers
Assistant Editor
S Stephen C. Horne
Business Affairs Coordinator
K Katharine Otway
Researcher
E Emily Rimmer
Executive Producer
E Ewan Angus
Executive Producer
N Nick Fraser