Disco and Atomic War (Estonian: Disko ja tuumasõda) is a 2009 Estonian documentary film written by Jaak Kilmi. In the film, Kilmi talks about illegally watching Finnish television in communist Estonia as a boy. He describes, among other things, how his father made special converters for Soviet television sets to watch Finnish TV, his mother made TV guides for Finnish television that he would then sell at school, and the popularity of Dallas and Knight Rider in Estonia in the 1980s.[1][2]
| Disco and Atomic War | |
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| Disko ja tuumasõda | |
| Directed by | Jaak Kilmi |
| Written by | Kiur Aarma, Jaak Kilmi |
| Produced by | Kiur Aarma, Aleksi Bardy, Annika Sucksdorff |
| Cinematography | Manfred Vainokivi |
| Edited by | Lauri Kaasik |
| Music by | Ardo Ran Varres |
Production company | Eetriüksus |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Estonia |
| Language | Estonian |
Awards and nominations
edit- 2009: Warsaw Film Festival Documentary Competition: Best Documentary
- 2009: Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival: Silver Eye for Best Full-Length Documentary
- 2009: Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, full-length Baltic films: nomination, International Federation of Film Critics Best Baltic Film
- 7th EBS International Documentary Festival: Spirit Award
References
edit- ^ Smith, Nicola (December 28, 2012). "How TV Ended the Cold War". Valley News. West Lebanon, PA. p. 17. Retrieved October 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (December 31, 2010). "'Dallas' and Disco Melted Cold-War Hearts". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, PA. p. 34. Retrieved October 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
edit- Disco and Atomic War at IMDb
- Holden, Stephen (November 11, 2010). "J. R. Ewing Shot Down Communism in Estonia". The New York Times. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
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