1964 · comedy · war
Dr. Strangelove
Directed by Stanley Kubrick1h 35m1964
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.
Our read: Dr. Strangelove (1964) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive comedy · war entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Dr. Strangelove counts for a challenge
Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / war, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, epic, cold.
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- signature
- epic-stakes
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