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Summary: Sensational satire about the absurdity of the Cold War
Review: I just bought this DVD(Special Edition) and it is a fantastic movie. It's a black comedy that shows the absolute absurdity and ridiculousness of the mind set of the USSR and the USA during the Cold War. The scenes and characters, and hidden sexual inuendos of this movie will have you cracking up again and again. Stanely Kubrik truely created a masterpiece of a film here. Watch and buy this movie for sure. Who can ever forget the last scene. And Dr. Strangelove himself is a character that will stay in your mind long after you meet him. Jawohl Mein Fuehrer!!
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Summary: A Masterwork in Satirical Humor
Review: This film is a work of comic genius released two years just after the Cuban missile crisis, the nearest thing the planet ever got to reaching man-made Armageddon. It has all the trappings of a serious political message and was not considered funny at all during its early years of release. If you are a serious movie watcher (and even if you're not) and you enjoy the best in comedy, drama, thought games and satire -- this is a film for you. There are so many moments that are a sheer pleasure to watch and remember. This film has all: excellent acting, directing, camerawork, editing, scriptwriting...you name it. This is a truly delightful film...This is a scenario in which a US Air Force base commander goes off his rocker and orders a squadron of B-52 bombers to attack the Soviet Union. After a series of accidents, it then becomes impossible for the Pentagon to recall one of the bombers. In a hilarious scene, the American President (played by Sellers as Prez. Muffley) telephones the Soviet Premier on the "hot line". The premier then informs the president that the "doomsday machine" will now auto-launch a massive retaliation against the United States, while General Buck Turgidson (played by Scott) reflects by saying, "Gee, I wish we had one of them Doomsday Machines". Ideas of a Doomsday Machine had actually been raised by Rand Corporation theorist Hermann Kahn, where he said that it would be technicaly possible to link a giant computer to thousands of H-bombs. If the Soviets launched a surprise attack, he said,
the computer could go to war and fire off the bombs automatically. Kahn, a theoretical nuclear theorist thought that such a machine was an appalling idea but, theoretically a possibility. Aside from the names that will have you in stitches, this film gives a sense of the insanity of nuclear war and the Cold War -- of MAD (Mutual Assured Destruction)-- and if we can somewhat disregard the artificial visual effects of flying B-52 bombers (Kubrick has no choice; the Air Force would not give him any support or cooperation, well, for obvious reasons), we may be able to see that in its final form this work harmonizes irony... jingoistic patriotism, subtlety, dark aggression... and above all, humor. In the final sequence, Dr Strangelove rises from his wheelchair in a sudden brainstorm and surprise saying, "I have a plan...Mein Fuehrer! I can walk!"...and the bombs explode, ending the planet as we know it, and Vera Lynn singing in her soft sultry voice, "We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when..." Definitely the late Stanley Kubrick's best work, aside from "Clockwork Orange".
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Summary: The second funniest movie of all time ?
Review: There aren't many comedy films that stand up to repeat viewing and even less that get better the more you see them. "Some Like It Hot" (justifiably voted the funniest movie of all time) is one and "Dr Strangelove" comes in a close second. The acting is superb, with Peter Sellers' three character "tour de force" & George C. Scott's performances ranking up there with the very best, the cinematography is brilliant, generating real tension through clever cutting and the use of hand-held sequences, and the essentially horrific storyline is tight, believable & wholly effective. The verbal and visual gags flow thick and fast and the last scene's chillingly languid marriage of Vera Lynn's nostalgic wartime anthem "We'll Meet Again" with repeated nuclear explosions perfectly reflects what has gone before: satirical black comedy at its most inspired. And... to cap it all, the theatre trailer on this DVD version is a small, perfectly formed cinematic gem in itself.
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Summary: Funniest Cold War Movie of all time
Review: First, it's Kubrick and it's a dark comedy.
Secondly, it is black and white.
C, if you know nothing about the cold war, it may be a complete waste of your time.
If you do not like any of the above points, then forget about this movie. If you are still reading, then you either know as I do that this is one of the funniest film ever made, or you need to purchase it immediately to remind yourself of this fact. Outside of having a terrific sense of timing for drama, comedy, horror, dialogue, cinematography, Kubrick was able to create a dark comedy about a real US mentality that significantly defined the second half of the 20th century. If you are under 30 and have not been exposed to the issues based aroung the cold war, this may seem an absolute waste of time. This is a must for any DVD library. It can be watched over and over again.
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Summary: Brilliant
Review: Dr. Strangelove is one of those rare films that seems to get better with age. The screenplay is one of the best, most streamlined vehicles ever -- every snatch of dialogue, every scene is vital, whether developing characterization or pushing the story forward, or performing both functions simultaneously. Hollywood simply does not make movies like this, with a bare minimum of music and beautiful women, and NO sentimentality whatsoever. Compare Kubrick's Hollywood epic, Spartacus, with Dr. Strangelove and 2001: A Space Odyssey (another masterwork without a superfluous scene). Compare Dr. Strangelove with just about any Hollywood war movie, including Saving Private Ryan. It's easy to see why Kubrick chose to shoot his films in England, albeit with American funding. Peter Sellers, Sterling Hayden and George C. Scott together turn in no fewer than 5 unforgettable performances in Dr. Strangelove. (I'd seen this film at least a half dozen times before I realized that the American President is Peter Sellers with a bald-wig.) Kubrick's visual style is unforgettable and witty. The decision to shoot the film in black and white, and the generic style of certain combat sequences, give Dr. Strangelove the realistic "authority" of a documentary war movie. But this is the war movie to end all war movies -- and Dr. Strangelove, a certified box-office success in America, definitely helped to sever the 1950s from the 1960s.
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Summary: Let us reason together...
Review: A lot of people have told me of Dr. Strangelove (my all time favorite movie), "It's not that funny. All the humor was pretty obvious, or just pretty silly." What must be understood about this movie is that Dr. Strangelove is not a straight comedy. It is a satire; there are few distinct "events" which would prompt laughter. The humor in Dr. Strangelove is synonymous with it's genius: a constant current of absurdity punctuated by moments of such extreme absurdity as to embody hilarity.
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Summary: One of the greatest
Review: A classic drama spoof on the fears of the cold war. George C. Scott is a paranoid general who fears the Russian diplomat in a secret war room in america. No one can deny that the bomber scene wehre they are going through the list of supplies is not histerical. This is a definate must have movie. Go purify the essence of your bodily fluids and get this movie
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Summary: One of the greatest
Review: A classic drama spoof on the fears of the cold war. George C. Scott is a paranoid general who fears the Russians in a secret war room in america. No one can deny that the bomber scene wehre they are going through the list of supplies is not histerical. This is a definate must have movie. Go purify the essence of your bodily fluids and get this movie
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Summary: Peace is our profession
Review: For those that have not seen the movie, which is highly unlikely, this is an improbable situation where a base commander is in the position to order an attack on Russia. Originally supposed to be a serious movie based on the book "Red Alert" by Peter Bryant (really Peter George) down loadable from Amazon ISBN: B0000683RU. Now converted into a black comedy with many great stars including Peter Sellers as there of the characters. (It would have been four characters if he has not broken a leg). This DVD (special edition) is worth purchasing even if you have earlier versions. Many DVD's contain what they call extras (I call them Goodies). In a lot of cases they are just rehashed versions of the movie or just rattling. In this case the extra "Inside the Making of DR.STRAINGLOVE" rivals the movie itself for entertainment and useful content. You find out how the movie evolved from a serious piece to a serious black comedy. You find that the movie is an aggregate of many talented people. It would take too log to describe the details that motivated the movie so you will just have to purchase this edition. There is also a trailer for "Fail Safe" a rival movie.
Dame Vera Lynn "We'll Meet Again" (1942) We'll Meet Again [SONG LYRICS} One part I found interesting was when the Air crew was examining their survival kit. Slim Pickens says a person can have a good time in Dallas with the kit. This is over dubbed by Las Vegas as a result of JFK just being shot in Dallas.
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Summary: You haven't seen WHAT???
Review: If you have not seen a clean print of this film, you do not know ANYthing about film, comedy, history or just about anything else! The DVD provides the BEST copy of the film I've seen to date, plus more goodies than you could expect for a film done nearly four decades ago! I am amazed that so much extra material survived the studio system. Priceless...
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