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Summary: The first true Kubrick film--this is not a compliment . . .
Review: After working as a director for some 15 years, and working his way up from self-financed documentaries to multi-million dollar costume epics, Stanley Kubrick finally came into his own with this satire on cold-war relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. What a pity.Certainly, this is the film where he established his trademark visual style, a combination of extreme long shots (the better to make people look like scrabbling insects) and distorting close-ups (the better to make people look like slavering gargoyles). And the script, co-written with Terry Southern and English pulp writer Peter George, does its best to make it clear that the human race is little more than a collection of agressions, petty resentments, and unappetizing sexual desires. In short, you SHOULD love the bomb, because it's going to blow all of those filthy, undeserving people off the face of the earth. This isn't a satire on cold-war politics or the human tendency towards self-destruction, as various admirers have claimed. It's the dearest fantasy of the sort of person who open-fires into a crowded shopping-mall with an Uzi. The cast gives vigorously cartoonish performances, with the exception of Sterling Hayden, who is as stiff as ever, which actually works for his stiff, crazy character. If Hayden is meant to be a nightmare of repressed impulses, George C. Scott is meant to be his mirror-image, the horror of unimpeded agression--the only problem is that Scott makes his character such a bouncy, cheerful lunkhead that he isn't the slightest bit frightening, nor are Slim Pickens or Keenan Wynn, as two more military types. One can see the satirical intent, one can appreciate their deft performances, but the supposed devastation of the military state of mind never happens. The title character is played by Peter Sellers, who also does turns as an English army officer and an Adalai Stevnson-ish cold-war liberal president, who is mocked relentlessly. This is something that liberals should remember the next time some ill-mannered conservative pundit begins denouncing them as the Spawn of Satan, etc. The modern-day Right learned their bad manners at the feet of the 60's Left.
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Summary: ... oops!
Review: The movies' title itself is also satiric. Yes, it is kind of crazy, but fun! Haven't see it yet? Go and rent it if possible, and you'll like it and buy a copy (unless you don't know what they're doing).
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Summary: best black comedy ever
Review: worth watching over and over
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Summary: great movie, but watch out for the new, inferior DVD version
Review: if you're planning on buying a copy of Dr. Strangelove on DVD, I highly suggest you avoid the new "Stanley Kubrick Collection" version (it's lower in sound and picture quality, and it's not in widescreen, even though it says it is on the box), but look for the pre-SKC "Special Widescreen Edition" of the film. It costs exactly the same as the inferior new version, and you get to see it the way it was meant to be seen, in widescreen. (to find it on Amazon, just search the DVDs for "Dr. Strangelove" and two choices will come up; pick the second one, the one that says "keep case" in its description)
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Summary: Dr. Stranglelove; disturbing in a funny way
Review: Dr. Strangelove is easily one of Stanley Kubricks funnier films, yet frightening as well. He tells a story of a military official who goes berserk and starts WWIII in order to protect our "precious bodily fluids" (I don't want to know!)The brain behind the operation is one Dr. Stranglove (Peter Sellers in one of his three roles in this film). Along with General "buck" Turgison, a psychotic army official (there are so many, you know) he launches an attack without the Presidents (Sellers again)permission. The only one who can stop this is a British soldier (you guessed it! Peter Sellers!). George C. Scott, Pete Sellers, and the missile riding scene are just a few of the many perks in this great film.
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Summary: BEST FILM EVER MADE!!!
Review: This film just gets better and better. It's hilarious, and I just love it! Everything about it is great. The acting, the script, the jokes, the sets, EVERYTHING! It's my favourite movie and I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!
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Summary: Interesting fact on Slim Pickens
Review: Something to remember when watching this film - Stan Kubrick didn't originally see Dr Strangelove as a comedy, instead intending a powerful portrait of nuclear holocaust. This was all until Sellers came on board and lost control. However, nobody told Slim Pickens (the bronco bomber) this, so he is allegedly playing the film straight. This, of course, makes his performance sixteen times better.
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Summary: Unutterable brilliance (as per usual) from Kubrick.
Review: Sorry for all those who disagree -but Dr Strangelove to me willgo down as the greatest film ever made. It is interesting, perhaps,that three of my top five films are by Kubrick; and this is the best of the lot. Sellers is superb in his three roles, backed up by a staggeringly good cast, and a plot that is horiffically real. This is satire at its very best, shot superby in its black and white format. If you've never seen this film -do so. It cannot be recommended highly enough.
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Summary: One of the best movies I saw, but why Dr. Strangelove ?
Review: The movie was amazing, it wasn't a long time when i first saw lolita, which was far, far better than the newer version, so i thought i'd see this, again, the movie was perfect, the kind that would hold you on the edge of your seat, but i'm not sure why it was named Dr.Strangelove... and why do people give this movie a bad rating just because the aspect ratio is misleading or the box is not preaty enough for them...
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Summary: One for the ages
Review: The stirring gallantry and enterprise shown by Major Kong (brilliantly played by Slim Pickens) and his B-52 crew is what makes this movie such an inspiring classic. Despite all odds against them, they get the job done. Truly, this is one for the ages.
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