Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (more)
Directed by:
Stanley KubrickCinematography:
Gilbert TaylorComposer:
Laurie JohnsonCast:
Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Peter Bull, James Earl Jones, Tracy Reed, Frank Berry, Roy Stephens, Paul Tamarin (more)VOD (2)
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This is the saga of two psychotic generals: Joint Chief of Staff “Buck” Turgidson and Air Force Strategic Commander Jack Ripper, who orders a bomber squadron to attack the USSR, triggering a Soviet secret weapon, the “Doomsday Machine”, a diabolical retaliatory missile system. (MUBI)
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What can I say about Dr. Strangelove? It's a film by one of my favorite directors, starring one of my favorite actors in several roles, the subject matter is a satirical Cold War comedy, which is (what a coincidence) one of my favorite subjects... What, you haven't seen it yet? "I'm walking!"
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A brilliant idea, masterfully brought to perfection, despite the bizarreness on the way. Now I finally understand the thousands of references found in American pop culture. Slim Pickens’ rodeo ride, the War Room. Truly an essential piece of cinematography. Peter Sellers excels, Sterling Hayden, ranting on with that cigar in his mouth, is the epitome of the military and George C. Scott steals almost all the scenes only and only for himself. Great.
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An excellent Kubrick satire that impresses especially with excellent performances and an imaginative script. Peter Sellers really shines in his roles, but I was most amused by George C. Scott as the paranoid anti-communist general. Things must have been pretty intense during the Cold War, but Kubrick makes fun of everything in a perfect way. You won't be rolling on the floor laughing, but its different perspective on the threat of war will make you think perhaps more effectively than any serious film.
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The truly friendly conversation with Dimitri, the shining Peter Sellers, and the typically biting Stanley Kubrick. Dr. Strangelove has exactly the type of humor that, when it hits, leaves both wrinkles from laughter and the feel of a perfectly ingenious film. Especially since it's not for everyone. But for me, even fifty years after it was made, it remains an ageless bullseye.
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My fifth Kubrick. While I obviously don't remember the era and couldn't absorb the tense political atmosphere of the time from credible liberal sources, I did suffer through some of that education. And so you can’t help but notice with this work Kubrick is reflecting on the Cuban Missile Crisis, which was indeed the closest we came in the entire Cold War era to the outbreak of another global conflict. To make the whole film in a satirical and parodying spirit is probably the best thing Kubrick could have done, because it was the satirical approach that perfectly allowed him to point out the senselessness and lameness of the whole long conflict between East and West. The only thing that perhaps disappointed me a little was that the entire time the viewer only witnesses political events in the West. Some insight into the Kremlin and an "Eastern perspective" on the whole affair might have added to the overall experience. The question is how the East would have taken it at the time if someone parodied their high command. ;)
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