Sweet Disaster

Watch Sweet Disaster in release order: Death of a Speechwriter (1986), Conversations by a Californian Swimming Pool (1986), Dreamless Sleep (1986), Paradise Regained (1986) and Babylon (1986).

A 1986 series of short films made for Channel 4. It consists of “animated visions of the apocalypse”. The final film, Paradise Regained, is missing as it is lost media.

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   Death of a Speechwriter 1986

   Part of Sweet Disaster; a 1986 series of short films made for Channel 4. It consists of "animated visions of the apocalypse".

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   Conversations by a Californian Swimming Pool 1986

   Part of Sweet Disaster; a 1986 series of short films made for Channel 4. It consists of “animated visions of the apocalypse”.

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   Dreamless Sleep 1986

   ★ 8/10

   Silently conveys a couple's fear of an immanent nuclear blast. Part of Sweet Disaster; a 1986 series of short films made for Channel 4. It consists of “animated visions of the apocalypse”.

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   Paradise Regained 1986

   The bomb has fallen. A desert remains. A voice is heard. Part of Sweet Disaster; a 1986 series of short films made for Channel 4. It consists of “animated visions of the apocalypse”.

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   Babylon 1986

   ★ 6/10

   Dark animation examining the thin line between human definitions of war and peace. Part of Sweet Disaster; a 1986 series of short films made for Channel 4. It consists of “animated visions of the apocalypse”.