Post by pimpinainteasy on Aug 10, 2018 1:43:23 GMT
Fail-Safe is a film filled with cold spooky characters - bureaucrats, technocrats, army men, air-force men and the president of the USA. The film is a defense/air-force procedural with very little character development. The story was quite interesting and similar to Dr.Strangelove. Though it did not have any of the colorful and over the top characters that made Dr.Strangelove so entertaining. It is a cautionary but somewhat unrealistic film about the dangers of over-reliance on machinery and computers especially in matters of defense. Henry Fonda's President character sort of hits us on the head with this message towards the end of the film.
All the actors are cold and matter of fact. The close ups of desiccated faces are used extensively to underscore the in-humaneness of the characters. There is a very intimate scene between one of the pilots and his wife at the beginning of the film. It was quite touching. But the rest of the film was cold like a bitch. Dolly in shots are used quite frequently. It must have been a tough film to edit. The frigid sets and atmosphere are used to foreground the inhumane technological environment in which various politicians and bureaucrats make decisions that would affect us all. It also shows what crazy people rule us. And the extent to which they would go to keep things going.
All the actors are cold and matter of fact. The close ups of desiccated faces are used extensively to underscore the in-humaneness of the characters. There is a very intimate scene between one of the pilots and his wife at the beginning of the film. It was quite touching. But the rest of the film was cold like a bitch. Dolly in shots are used quite frequently. It must have been a tough film to edit. The frigid sets and atmosphere are used to foreground the inhumane technological environment in which various politicians and bureaucrats make decisions that would affect us all. It also shows what crazy people rule us. And the extent to which they would go to keep things going.