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On the Beach: The last place on Earth

On the Beach: The last place on Earth

"There isn't time. No time to love. Nothing to remember. Nothing worth remembering."

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May 25, 2025
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Mark Twain once said that when the end of the world comes, he would like to be in Cincinnati because it’s always 20 years behind the times. As a longtime central Ohioan, I appreciate the joke.1 Its corollary must be: If nuclear war occurs, it would be better to be in Australia.

That is the premise underlying the 1959 film On the Beach, in which Australia …

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