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Documentary telling the story of the people who were on the frontline at the worlds worst nuclear accident, Chernobyl. Based on Mario Petrucci's poem for Chernobyl 'Heavy Water', the film uses archive and recent footage to build a portrait of the extraordinary courage and bravery of the safety workers on duty on April 26th 1986. Unaware of the crisis unfolding around them, local people continue with their normal routines. In three days, radioactivity has contaminated an area the size of England, and the full extent of the disaster begins to dawn.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By Vas1
Format:DVD
This is a fantastic and moving film, telling the story of Chernobyl from the view of the people who had to deal with the disaster, like the soldiers and their families.
Phil Grabsky has made this film an intense and compelling watch, against the backdrop of Petrucci's poetry which forms the majority of the narrative. The footage on location is also spectacular making Heavy Water unmissable viewing!
Phil Grabsky has made this film an intense and compelling watch, against the backdrop of Petrucci's poetry which forms the majority of the narrative. The footage on location is also spectacular making Heavy Water unmissable viewing!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Sally
Format:DVD
I feel shattered and drained after watching this film. It's a chilling account of the terrifying tragedy of Chernobyl. The poetry is moving and powerful - the verse describing the pitiful agony of a fire-fighter dying from radiation moved me to tears. The agitprop style of cinematography is very apt, much of the film given an eerie nuclear glow. In all, the words, music and images are a perfect blend allowing enough time for reflection which is important, given the grim facts which pepper throughout - thousands of children still with cancers and heart conditions as a result; the millions of years to come of contamination. Lest we forget the nuclear threat.
By rhino
Format:DVD
This wasn't what I'd have expected in a film on Chernobyl and was a pleasant surprise. The imagery focuses on the 'here and now' of Chernobyl - which in places is quite beautiful - whilst the poetry gives an eloquent portrayal of the atrocity itself.
12 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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Based on Mario Petrucci's award-winning book-length poem - Heavy Water: a film for Chernobyl - this film gives the general impression that it has just crawled out of the local art college complete with images, poetry and music. Sadly, the actual footage of Chernobyl only amounts to ten minutes at the most, so I would file this film under futile and I would not recommend it unless you are an art student or a poet in search of this kind of emotional material. Clearly, I was very disappointed with this film but perhaps I am not an emotional type of person. When I watch a film/documentary of Chernobyl, I prefer to concentrate on the horrors and the psycho-social effects of the accident, so this glossy film isn't really suitable for me. If you wish, you could go to the Heavy Water website and see a clip from this film.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By L4QT
Format:DVD
I went to the screening of this film at the Tate Modern and found it offered a touchingly emotive reflection on the Chernobyl disaster. Breaking documentary conventions, the film uses the moving poetry of Mario Petrucci to tell the story of Chernobyl, and highlights the unexpected natural beauty of this heavily affected area.
The sensitive footage became mesmerising in its striking representations of Petrucci's heart-breaking words, and I feel this provided an honest and poignant account of this horrific occurence.
I'm a big fan of Phil Grabsky's work, and this did not disappoint - it was a truly breathtaking and emotionally charged illustration of Chernobyl both before and after this terrible incident.
The sensitive footage became mesmerising in its striking representations of Petrucci's heart-breaking words, and I feel this provided an honest and poignant account of this horrific occurence.
I'm a big fan of Phil Grabsky's work, and this did not disappoint - it was a truly breathtaking and emotionally charged illustration of Chernobyl both before and after this terrible incident.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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not what i thought, too arty farty for me, loads of people singing out of tune all the way till the end.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By M. REDMAN
Format:DVD
Listen up people, watch and listen to the end, this deserves to be in the LOUVRE.
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