The Snell Show is a short film by Scottish-born director, Andrew Black.
It can be taken as a straightforward satire on nuclear weapons and the Cold War or a commentary on how commonplace and mundane technology has become in our lives.
The world was inundated with visions of collapsing skyscrapers and burning wreckage — and we couldn’t stop watching.
For me, the film became more about our fascination with violence and how it is frequently presented as a form of spectacle and entertainment through the media."
Author of the short story, Darl Larsen, adds: "The genre that might be called "nuclear fiction" has always fascinated me, especially the often-banal way we tend to treat the most destructive force in our possession and The Snell Show seemed a fitting tribute to such ambivalence".