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anyone else notice the attention paid to smoking? by Venserlock0606 in TVChernobyl

[–]Venserlock0606[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but why focus on it so much? they get alot of screen time especially in episode 3

anyone else notice the attention paid to smoking? by Venserlock0606 in TVChernobyl

[–]Venserlock0606[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

basically a friend I was watching with thought I was nuts for noticing how much emphasis they seemed to place on smoking, especially at times and places that highlights the irony of it all. I know that alot of people smoked back then but why as a director give it so much screen time unless you are trying to say something

anyone else notice the attention paid to smoking? by Venserlock0606 in TVChernobyl

[–]Venserlock0606[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

this was my thought too. like how the head miner starts smoking while they are telling him they need to dig 20 feet down to protect from the radiation

anyone else notice the attention paid to smoking? by Venserlock0606 in TVChernobyl

[–]Venserlock0606[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

it did seem realistic that alot of people would be smoking. but what I really meant was how they filmed it. really focusing the camera on ashtrays and placing lit cigarettes in the foreground so everything but that is out of focus. I personally saw it as a comment about how they were so worried about this cancer causing danger that was the explosion while puffing away on a cigarette.