{"id":769,"date":"2006-04-15T15:15:39","date_gmt":"2006-04-15T22:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=769"},"modified":"2020-12-21T17:46:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T00:46:57","slug":"five-1951","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=769","title":{"rendered":"Five (1951)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got to find out once and for all about those other people &#8212; I owe it to them; I owe it to myself.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Five-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Five-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-24237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Five-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Five-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Five-Poster.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nFive survivors of a nuclear holocaust must deal with their circumstances and each other.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arch Oboler Films<\/li>\n<li>Nuclear Holocaust<\/li>\n<li>Post-Apocalypse<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<li>Survival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary points out, this groundbreaking film by Arch Oboler is known for being the first cinematic depiction of &#8220;the aftermath of nuclear warfare&#8221;.  The pacing is a bit uneven, and some of the characterizations are unnecessarily cliched, but the film nonetheless possesses a true sense of pathos and despair.  Especially notable is Susan Douglas&#8217;s nuanced performance as the shellshocked, pregnant housewife who must deal with the survival of both herself and her unborn child.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first film to depict a possible nuclear holocaust<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/World Annihilation.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/World Annihilation.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-777\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Susan Douglas&#8217;s heartbreaking performance<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Susan Dirty.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Susan Dirty.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-774\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Scenes of post-nuclear cities devoid of all life<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Town.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Town.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-775\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes; this one is worth checking out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0043539\/\">IMDB entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticmoviemusings.com\/2015\/04\/11\/five-1951\/\">SciFilm.org capsule review<\/a><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got to find out once and for all about those other people &#8212; I owe it to them; I owe it to myself.&#8221; Synopsis: Five survivors of a nuclear holocaust must deal with their circumstances and each other. Genres: Arch Oboler Films Nuclear Holocaust Post-Apocalypse Science Fiction Survival Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary points out, this groundbreaking film by Arch Oboler is known for being the first cinematic depiction of &#8220;the aftermath of nuclear warfare&#8221;. The pacing is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=769\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=769"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58924,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769\/revisions\/58924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}