Cinema, Art and War: Culloden and The War Game
Double feature with two films by Peter Watkins on war conflicts that took place in the 18th and 20th centuries.
Culloden reconstructs the Battle of Culloden (1746), which violently suppressed the second Jacobite rebellion led by Charles Edward Stuart, also known as Bonnie Prince Charlie.
The War Game portrays the nuclear bombing of the city of Rochester and its devastating consequences.
Culloden (United Kingdom I 1964 I 75’ I B/W)
Director: Peter Watkins. Screenwriter: Peter Watkins. Photography: Dick Bush. Editor: Michael Bradsell. Sound: John Gatland and Lou Hanks. Historical adviser: John Prebble. Producer: Valerie Booth, Geoff Sanders and Rodney Barnes.
The War Game (United Kingdom I 1966 I 48’ I B/W)
Director: Peter Watkins. Screenwriter: Peter Watkins. Photography: Peter Bartlett and Peter Suschitzky. Editor: Michael Bradsell. Sound: Lou Hanks, Stan Morcom and Derek Herbert Williams. Art directors: Tony Cornell and Anne Davey. Cast: Michael Aspel, Peter Graham, Dave Baldwin, Kathy Staff and Peter Watkins. Producer: Peter Watkins.