Containment

"To protect the present, imagine the future."

2015 1h 20m EN

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4.8

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★4.8TMDB · 6

Documentary

Synopsis

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Every nuclear weapon made, every watt of electricity produced from a nuclear power plant leaves a trail of nuclear waste that will last for the next four hundred generations. We face the problem of how to warn the far distant future of the nuclear waste we have buried --but how to do it? How to imagine the far-distant threats to the sites, what kinds of monuments can be built, could stories or legends safeguard our descendants? Filmed at the only American nuclear burial ground, at a nuclear weapons complex and in Fukushima, the film grapples with the ways people are dealing with the present problem and imagining the future. Part observational essay, part graphic novel, this documentary explores the idea that over millennia, nothing stays put.

“To protect the present, imagine the future.”

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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Robb Moss
Languages: English, Japanese
Countries: Japan, United States of America

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RUNTIME

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80 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Japanese.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Japan, United States of America.

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WORLD

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "To protect the present, imagine the future.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt4503606 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Robb Moss directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan, United States of America. Dialogue in English, Japanese.

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180 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 11 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Japanese.
4International production across 2 countries: Japan, United States of America.
5Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
6Marketing tagline: "To protect the present, imagine the future.".
7IMDB entry: tt4503606 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.