Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is producer/director Stanley Kubrick's brilliant, satirical, provocative black comedy/fantasy vis -vis doomsday and Cold War politics that features an inadvertent, pre-emptive nuclear strike. The first commercially successful political satire about nuclear war, has been compared to another similar suspense film released at the same time - the much-more-serious and melodramatic Fail-Safe (1964). However, this was a cynically objective, Monty Pythonish, sarcastically serious(the film was actually produced in England), biting comeback to the paranoid fears of the 1950s & 60's. Dr Strangelove boasts a wonderful cast each one a perfect fit for his role or roles I should say. (page provides a character chart ). The two theoretical critical approaches that will be used to review this film are the realist and feminist approaches appearing in the film. For the sake of the reader, the film will be reviewed chronologically using both realist and feminist themes which reoccur throughout the film. Before we begin to review the film we ll go over some basic realist assumptions, the first one is the belief that international relations are necessarily conflictual and that international conflicts are ultimately resolved by war . Realism takes a very pessimistic view of human nature and a high regard for the values of national security and state survival. This belief entails that States as extension of individuals will act as individuals, displaying selfishness and a desire to be on top. Some top realists like John Morghenthau argue that power and means of power should be the preoccupation of politics (Morghenthau,1973,pg5). A basic scepticism that there can be progress in international politics that is comparable to that in domestic political life. Italian advisor to the princes Niccolo Machiaveli argued along the same lines that the two uttermost concerns of the state should be whether old or new are matters of sound laws and sound military forces ,since there would be no use of sound laws without a sound military to reinforce these rules(machiaveli,1513,pg51).
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb The movie Dr. Strangelove has to be one of the most intriguing films of our time. The film, which came out in 1964, was nominated for many awards, including best actor, director and film. I found the film to have a strong sense...
Deciding between two things is an everyday issue, and we usually end up making a decision upon what is the best offer or outcome for us. In this case, I am considering the similarities and the differences between two movies, which are Dr. Strangelove and Fail-Safe. Dr. Strangelove is an exaggerate...
Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) is a movie that takes place in the early 1960's during the cold war. The film falls into the "Black Comedy" genre, a classification defined by light, humorous drama, usually of serious issues. The film fo...
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In hindsight, most scholars today believe that the Cold War, an era of mutual suspicion that resulted in a competitive arms race between the United States and the former Soviet Union after World War II, was unavoidable. During the fact, most Americans, (and probably most Russians) feared that Nuclea...
Movie Review of Dr. StrangeLove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb This movie was made in 1964 by Stanley Kubrick. It is quite probably one of the most hilarious comedy and war movie back in the 60's. It was even said that the The Pentagon did not cooperate in making the film d...
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