War Game 06/26 Blu-ray (Rental)

Disc 2 contains the film The War Game plus the set's bonus materials: an introduction by filmmaker Alex Cox, a commentary by film critic Kim Newman and filmmaker Sean Hogan, interviews and video essays, the trailer, and Peter Watkins' short films The Diary of an Unknown Soldier and The Forgotten Faces. In 1965, Peter Watkins recruited 350 amateur actors, drew on direct quotes from civil defense manuals, and used newsreel-like recreations to craft a BBC documentary drama depicting a nuclear attack on Great Britain. The network condemned the finished film as "too horrifying" and refused to broadcast it; it went on to receive a special award at the 1966 Venice Film Festival and win the 1967 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, though the BBC did not air it until three decades later.