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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Am I the only one who finds the whole thing so terrifying that they can’t bring themselves to watch a movie that shows it as realistically as possible?
I have nightmares about nuclear war.
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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Am I the only one who finds the whole thing so terrifying that they can’t bring themselves to watch a movie that shows it as realistically as possible?
I have nightmares about nuclear war.
snor10@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Don’t watch Barefoot Gen.
To anyone else, watch Barefoot Gen.
The mangaka had personal experience, and it shows.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’ve heard about it. I’m sure it’s excellent, but I can’t.
I used to be able to do it. I used to watch all kinds of post-nuke and nuclear war movies in the 80s and 90s. I read John Hersey’s Hiroshima more than once. But I can’t do it anymore. It’s just too scary.
snor10@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Yeah, no point watching if you can’t absorb it in a meaningful way.
I’m so desensitized it almost feels academic.
Maybe I’m a coward who emotionally deflect reality, as if watching a strange object.
At least you choose to either see reality in the eye or to deflect your gaze, perhaps a more honest approach.
Well, we do all this reflexively anyway. So there might not be much of a point to dwell on it, sorry for getting philosophical on you.