How I Learned to Love the Stranglove

The movie of the week is Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is Kubrick’s groundbreaking comedy. This movie depicts the tension between Russia and the United States during the Cold War. Lets begin with the incredible acting abilities of Peter Sellers. He depicts three of the five main characters of the movie. Two of which interact with each other. I am not a huge fan of movies were an actor plays multiple characters, but each character is thoroughly acted to depict characters different from their counterparts. Speaking of characters, Kubrick’s characters are jokes themselves. For example there is Bridge General Jack Ripper, who is eccentric and orders the nuclear attack on Russia using a back door order. Obviously a remark to the serial Jack Ripper, because Brig, Gen. Ripper is planning to kill billions of people cold-heartily. The sexual innuendos,and the comedic interactions bring out a chuckle in this very grim situation. But one joke I found that did not get a laugh from my peers is the scene with General Buck and his secretary. When he is called away from his affair and tells her to “start the countdown” and he will be back before blast off. I thought a class filled with college students would get the innuendo. The most comedic performance comes from Dr. Strangelove himself, the mad German scientist. With his self aware arm choking him, and making him do the Nazi salute, to him yelling “Mein Führer!” in excitement to the president.The long running joke by the character Ripper mentioning ones personal fluids. The best joke of all is when Strangelove tells the Generals, President Muffley, and the Ambassador that they would have to procreate with ten women each in order to keep the human species going in the post nuclear fallout. This by far my new favorite Kubrick film, which Clockwork Orange was originally. This movie has so much to say about the ridiculousness of the Cold War, and the people who operate in both the U.S. and Russian government.