“The accident,” as it is referred to throughout Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s prize-winning Austrian documentary, happened on April 26, 1986. In Ukraine, the Chernobyl nuclear plant, faultily designed and slackly operated, released into the atmosphere, through a steam explosion and fire, a small amount of its radioactive reactor core. Twelve years later, Geyrhalter’s black-and-white film shows four […]
Daily Archives: October 16, 2008
Billy Casper, a wee 15-year-old with a spent, defeated face, reflects the struggle and hopelessness of Barnsley, a slum in Yorkshire in northern England. Billy arrives at school exhausted after delivering newspapers for hours. He is often late for work, for instance, when Jud, his stepbrother, steals his bicycle because Jud also is late for […]
Dennis Grunes 