Last Thursday was a week that was another first for me with the pair of movie with Dr. Strangelove and O Brother where art thou? I have to say between both I enjoyed Dr. Strangelove much more. The film takes place during the cold war. Directory Stanly Kubrick has done a great job of bring humor to a movie that main plot line is a war. The story is absolutely hilarious with very well time punch lines that sometimes can catch you of guard. The scene when General Turgidson and the Russian Ambassador our fighting and the President says “you can fight in here this is the war room”. I also really thought that the naming of the characters is a great way to bring the comedic element to the movie as well.
There were some various ways that Kubrick was able to able to get his message of social commentary in the film with the obvious scene where Dr. Strangelove is discussion living in mines till its safe to return to the surface because of the radiation levels from an apparent retaliation attack from the Russian. During the scene Dr. Strangelove is fighting his hand and I found myself wondering what the hell is going on with that hand with the black glove. Then I started noticing the he was talking about selecting on the women to live in the mines that are the most fertile to be able to help repopulate the country sounds like a Nazi views and then he gives the hail Hitler salute and if we weren’t getting it before he did it just slapped you in the face. I also loved how the messages where delivered through things that were not even said, like in the middle of battle at the base there was a sign that says peace is our profession.
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