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One of my favorite films of all time - seen it as a kid of 8 and loved it already. After, the additional meanings started to trickle-in as I rewatched it gettin
by DrNosferatu 4y ago
One of my favorite films of all time - seen it as a kid of 8 and loved it already. After, the additional meanings started to trickle-in as I rewatched it getting older.
Peter Sellers is pure genius x3...
(he was supposed to have EVEN more characters, but Kubrick finnaly settled on 3)
"Precious bodily fluids"...
and so many more...
Legend has it that Slim Pickens ("Maj. Kong", the B52 commander) was playing his character straight and not told that the film was in fact a comedy during the whole shoot.
PS: Couldn't help myself enough to the "Ms. International Affairs" pun while in Erasmus.
- DrNosferatu 4y agoI guess a more recent film is almost impossible to make you feel the same "feeling" again when watching it. But close calls I would say would be: - Wag the Dog (1997) - In the Loop (2009) [the closest, in my opinion] PS: The Death of Stalin (2017) and Don't Look Up (2021) also try, but I think they don't manage to get that close. I would also say that Coen brother's works, also of high quality and appealing to a similar-minded crowd, though are completely different animals.
- DrNosferatu 4y agoPurely sociological question: - Is it me or, the..."magic" of Dr. Strangelove appeals mostly to us men? Or are there any women also quite enjoying it?
- thakoppno 4y agoIn some previous article/thread on Dr. Strangelove someone mentioned it was his wife’s favorite movie. The posted video mentions there’s only a single female role in the film, Tracy Reed as Miss Scott, General Turgidson's secretary and mistress.
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