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Dr. Strangelove
Posted on 11/13/13 at 11:02 am
Posted on 11/13/13 at 11:02 am
It was on last night and I love this movie. Would be interested on how others view it.
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Posted on 11/13/13 at 11:03 am to stevengtiger
I don't get the humor.....I was told I "had to have been there" during the Cold War to understand it completely.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 11:07 am to Marciano1
Good satire.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 11:12 am to stevengtiger
Kubrick's masterpiece satirical comedy. Gets better with age.
Half a dozen iconic roles, 3 by Sellers himself, plus Slim Pickens (Kong), Sterling Hayden (Ripper) and Scott (Turgidson).
Half a dozen iconic roles, 3 by Sellers himself, plus Slim Pickens (Kong), Sterling Hayden (Ripper) and Scott (Turgidson).
Posted on 11/13/13 at 11:13 am to stevengtiger
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It was on last night and I love this movie. Would be interested on how others view it.
Absolutely one of my favorite movies and easily my favorite Kubrick movie.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 11:15 am to stevengtiger
Marciano described it perfectly...if you're able to get in the mindset of someone who was alive during the cold war it probably seems funnier but I'm only 25 so its hard for me to really get the humor
Posted on 11/13/13 at 11:19 am to JumpingTheShark
You can't fight in here! This is the war room!
Posted on 11/13/13 at 11:20 am to stevengtiger
Great movie. One of my favorites. The dark style of humor is perfect for me.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 11:23 am to Marciano1
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"had to have been there"
Maybe it is easier to get the humor that way. I don't know. I'm pretty youngish myself.
It's funny because the absurdity in the movie all too accurately described the politics and dangers of the time. It's gallows humor in a way. Yes, humans are that stupid. And throw in some goofiness that cuts the seriousness perfectly imo.
This post was edited on 11/13/13 at 11:24 am
Posted on 11/13/13 at 11:36 am to Ace Midnight
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Sterling Hayden
I like him. He was a WW2 hero in the OSS but McCarthy still went after him after the war. Apparently he had sympathy for the commies for a short period in his life.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 11:37 am to Marciano1
You don't have to "have been there." You just have to have a relative understanding of the Cold War and the absurdities associated with it.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 12:28 pm to ColaTiger
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You don't have to "have been there." You just have to have a relative understanding of the Cold War and the absurdities associated with it.
also an understanding of the politics of not just diplomacy, but the military as well. it's one of my favorites.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 12:37 pm to LoveThatMoney
quote:Brilliantly performed, brilliantly written by the great satirist Terry Southern, brilliantly designed (Ken Adam) and shot (Gilbert Taylor), brilliantly directed.
Absolutely one of my favorite movies and easily my favorite Kubrick movie
"I'm not sayin' we wouldn't get our hair mussed..."
Posted on 11/13/13 at 1:23 pm to Ace Midnight
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Kubrick's masterpiece satirical comedy. Gets better with age.
Half a dozen iconic roles, 3 by Sellers himself, plus Slim Pickens (Kong), Sterling Hayden (Ripper) and Scott (Turgidson).
When I first saw the movie when I was 16 I got the point they were making but just didn't enjoy the humor all that much... twenty years later watching it is a very different experience because I was really much more aware of the military industrial complex and probably had more of a matured (old man) sense of humor.
So I don't think it is really that you had to be alive at the height of the cold war, but you also have to have the right sense of humor.
I kinda feel like Dr Strangelove deserves more consideration for the best film of all time. It was perfectly executed, it offered immensely important and influential commentary on the society which it sought to immortalize (and skewer), and it stands the test of time
Posted on 11/13/13 at 1:44 pm to Kafka
That gif needs a "didn't read"
Posted on 11/13/13 at 1:48 pm to stevengtiger
Have always loved it. I can see where the youts might not relate but such a great cast and writing.
What is not dated is the conspiracy angle, paranoia and the wackey world of the military.
What is not dated is the conspiracy angle, paranoia and the wackey world of the military.
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President Merkin Muffley: Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!
This post was edited on 11/13/13 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 11/13/13 at 1:55 pm to LoveThatMoney
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easily my favorite Kubrick movie.
I love Strangelove.
It's hard to pick a favorite Kubrick flick for me, but if I had to I guess Paths of Glory would be it.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 2:16 pm to Ace Midnight
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Half a dozen iconic roles, 3 by Sellers himself, plus Slim Pickens (Kong), Sterling Hayden (Ripper) and Scott (Turgidson).
Don't forget Keenan Wynn as Col Bat Guano. "You'll have to answer to the Coca Cola company."
Posted on 11/13/13 at 2:17 pm to stevengtiger
I wasn't alive during the Cold War and I love it. 
Posted on 11/13/13 at 2:17 pm to DanTiger
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I like him. He was a WW2 hero in the OSS but McCarthy still went after him after the war. Apparently he had sympathy for the commies for a short period in his life.
Probably due to the fact that he was with the guerillas in Yugoslavia during the war.
ETA: his OSS file is online somewhere. I've read it, but don't have the link any more. One of his superiors described him as "absolutely without fear."
He also quit the movie business at the height of his career and sailed the South Pacific on a yacht with his four children for a couple of years.
This post was edited on 11/13/13 at 2:20 pm
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