Under Control

Name: Under Control
Genre: Documentary
Released: December 2, 2011
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 63

2011

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Credofilm | Release Date: December 2, 2011 | Not Rated

Summary: The documentary, Under Control, unfolds a panorama of atomic energy in
Germany. Its broad perspective reveals the real challenges and enormous efforts that nuclear power demands from humankind. The control over the nuclear fission process is not depicted chronologically but rather as a prism of places and sites that not only refracts theThe documentary, Under Control, unfolds a panorama of atomic energy in
Germany. Its broad perspective reveals the real challenges and enormous efforts that nuclear power demands from humankind. The control over the nuclear fission process is not depicted chronologically but rather as a prism of places and sites that not only refracts the stations of the German atomic age but also reflects beyond the current situation. The examination of a technology once synonymous with progress also touches on elements of the history of civilization. (Credo Films)… Expand

Director: Volker Sattel

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 98 min

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Eric Hynes

Nov 29, 2011

The unveiling is unnerving, and suggests that some dangers are now permanently beyond our control. Read full review

Joseph Jon Lanthier

Nov 29, 2011

Volker Sattel takes us on a blank-eyed tour of the country's biggest plants (plus a few from Austria), exposing both the tenuous balance of precision and innovation that has provided 20th-century Western society with its most controversial power source. Read full review

Nick Pinkerton

Nov 29, 2011

Once that point is made, this push-pull settles into a certain lulling monotony, wandering a wilderness of wires, cooling towers, and a thousand other inscrutable devices, but it is a monotony with an undertone of menace. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Dec 1, 2011

Somehow the happy screams of children whirling above a neutered reactor sound a lot less comforting than they should. Read full review

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