Streaming & Movie Pass Adventures: The Atomic Cafe (1982) & Los Frikis

I just realized that both of these movies deal with Cuban crises.

The Atomic Cafe

A Boy Scout stands in front of a sign reading "FALLOUT SHELTER"

I’ve seen big chunks of this before, either as part of this collection or as separate pieces, but this was the first time I watched it all together. What I’ve now realized: Atomic bombs are bad.

Los Frikis

Eros de la Puente as Gustavo and Adria Arjona as Maria in Los Frikis.

The wild thing about this movie is that people in 1990s Cuba really did inject themselves with HIV for a chance at a better life (the better life being having food and a place to sleep). Weirdly positive for people in such dire circumstances, but it works. I’ll bet it’s better if you know Spanish and don’t have to rely on subtitles.

Bonus image!

Two movies in one day means I have an extra movie image! Here’s the one I made for Los Frikis:

Graphic of Hector Medina as Paco in Los Frikis.

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