Reviews for Dr. Strangelove
Review - Dr. Strangelove
It was fantastic — warped and funny (especially the scenes where the President is talking to the drunk Russian premier) and weird.
From the IMDB web site — Dr. Strangelove is a composite. He is based on, among others, Henry Kissinger (German-born political historian, nuclear strategist and later part of Richard Nixon's cabinet), Wernher von Braun (a Nazi scientist who developed the V1 and V2 rockets and was later given amnesty by the US to help with early space rocket programs), and Herman Kahn (nuclear war theoretician, whose book On Nuclear War was read several times by Stanley Kubrick). On the other hand, Turgidson is more directly based on General Curtis LeMay ('Bombs Away' LeMay).
General Ripper's belief that putting fluoride in water was a Communist plot to poison Americans is not made up; it was a common theory among the American right wing during the 1950s.
At the end of the movie we see numerous mushroom clouds exploding while a sweet song plays. The words are “I know we’ll meet again some sunny day.”
From the IMDB web site — Dr. Strangelove is a composite. He is based on, among others, Henry Kissinger (German-born political historian, nuclear strategist and later part of Richard Nixon's cabinet), Wernher von Braun (a Nazi scientist who developed the V1 and V2 rockets and was later given amnesty by the US to help with early space rocket programs), and Herman Kahn (nuclear war theoretician, whose book On Nuclear War was read several times by Stanley Kubrick). On the other hand, Turgidson is more directly based on General Curtis LeMay ('Bombs Away' LeMay).
General Ripper's belief that putting fluoride in water was a Communist plot to poison Americans is not made up; it was a common theory among the American right wing during the 1950s.
At the end of the movie we see numerous mushroom clouds exploding while a sweet song plays. The words are “I know we’ll meet again some sunny day.”
Reviewed by Roger on 2005-03-03 22:06:49