Finally braced myself through last episodes of Chernobyl. I watched an episode per week during daytime because it gave me an axiety attack and here's why:
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The way it's shot like a horror movie during the radiation parts is really clever. Most adaptations would have made it totally politically focused or 'the guys at the top arguing' but showing the event as it happened and using the same techniques as horror films was very apt imo
It's quite difficult to watch but it's what we've been told and shown. And I hope it makes people a bit more aware of how actually horrifying the effects are.
