The China Syndrome

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Watched With: Tyler

Oh man this film is tense. I only saw it for the first time last year and I was fascinated by it. Given the recent events in Japan it's even more unnerving now.

I love my 70's paranoid thrillers and this is definitely one of the best. Even The initial set up is filled with suspense. The actors are all amazing and the direction, the pacing is perfectly mannered so that you almost don't even notice the foundations it's laying but the stakes are steadily raised as the film progresses. The use of silence at many key points and the lack of any discernible soundtrack gives the film reality that makes the situations seem very realistic.

A textbook example of how to keep the audience on the edge. Brilliant.