Although the Soviet Union restricted and censored Western films, those that made it through had devastating political effects. As one Soviet journalist commented after a restricted showing of films that were critical of American nuclear weapons policies, “They absolutely shocked us….We began to understand that the same thing would happen to us as to them in a nuclear war.”
尽管苏联限制和审查西方电影，但是那些通过了审查的电影具有毁灭性的政治影响力。正如一位苏联记者在观看内部放映的批评美国核武器政策的电影后所评论地那样：“我们绝对大吃一惊。我们开始理解，在一场核战争中，灾难会降临到他们的头上，也会降临到我们的头上。”