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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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Dr. Strangelove or How I learnt to stop worrying and love the Bomb.
Dr. Strangelove or How I learnt to stop worrying and love the Bomb is a 1964 black comedy directed by Stanley Kubrick and stars Peter Sellars, George C. Scott, Peter Sellars, Sterling Hayden and Peter Sellars.
What can I really say to people who have never seen Dr. Strangelove what to expect without spoiling it?
Erm... <deep breath>
Dr. Strangelove is a comedy film that laughs at the threat of global nuclear annihilation. It highlights the insanity of war, much like Kubrick's earlier work Paths of Glory. And I promise, the laughs do come thick and fast. This is due to a spectacular screenplay by Terry Southern, Peter George and Kubrick himself and from the career-defining performance from Peter Sellars.
Famously, Peter Sellars doesn't just play one, but three roles in the film and he is wonderful in all three. Each of his characters are distinct and raise laughs in the blackest of narrative circumstances. With scenes such as when Sellars plays opposite Sterling Hayden as the insane Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper, Dr. Strangelove is pure comedy gold. Even Sellars himself has to stifle a laugh when he is being told about Ripper's motivation. (The reviewer was crying with laughter during said scene).
Kubrick's visual style is the final aspect that makes the film worth watching. There are battle scenes that have a handheld cam feel that adds to the authenticity. There are multiple shots in and around flying planes, which for 1964 are technically marvellous. There is an extremely memorable shot near the end that will stick in the mind of anyone who watches the film (YEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAW!!!!!!!). And the way he shoots closeups of certain characters adds to the funny menace that makes this film so much fun.
Dr. Strangelove tackles an impossibly dark subject whilst being one of the funniest films ever made. It is recommended to anyone and everyone.
Dr. Strangelove or How I learnt to stop worrying and love the Bomb is a 1964 black comedy directed by Stanley Kubrick and stars Peter Sellars, George C. Scott, Peter Sellars, Sterling Hayden and Peter Sellars.
What can I really say to people who have never seen Dr. Strangelove what to expect without spoiling it?
Erm... <deep breath>
Dr. Strangelove is a comedy film that laughs at the threat of global nuclear annihilation. It highlights the insanity of war, much like Kubrick's earlier work Paths of Glory. And I promise, the laughs do come thick and fast. This is due to a spectacular screenplay by Terry Southern, Peter George and Kubrick himself and from the career-defining performance from Peter Sellars.
Famously, Peter Sellars doesn't just play one, but three roles in the film and he is wonderful in all three. Each of his characters are distinct and raise laughs in the blackest of narrative circumstances. With scenes such as when Sellars plays opposite Sterling Hayden as the insane Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper, Dr. Strangelove is pure comedy gold. Even Sellars himself has to stifle a laugh when he is being told about Ripper's motivation. (The reviewer was crying with laughter during said scene).
Kubrick's visual style is the final aspect that makes the film worth watching. There are battle scenes that have a handheld cam feel that adds to the authenticity. There are multiple shots in and around flying planes, which for 1964 are technically marvellous. There is an extremely memorable shot near the end that will stick in the mind of anyone who watches the film (YEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAW!!!!!!!). And the way he shoots closeups of certain characters adds to the funny menace that makes this film so much fun.
Dr. Strangelove tackles an impossibly dark subject whilst being one of the funniest films ever made. It is recommended to anyone and everyone.