Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

A really friendly conversation with Dimitrij, a shining Peter Sellers, and bitingly typical Kubrick. Dr. Strangelove has exactly the type of humor that, when it hits, leaves both wrinkles from laughter and a sense of a perfectly clever film. Especially since it's not for everyone. But for me, even after fifty years since its creation, it remains an ageless bull's eye. (30/04/2006)

In the movie "Paths of Glory", Kubrick already showed how masterfully he can depict what happens in the army. The subject matter, which he took seriously in an older film, this time he decided to approach satirically and chose the book by Peter George, which he adapted into one of the most successful films in terms of audience reception. It is a very harsh satire on the Cold War and on what could happen if one person went mad in the right place, or simply decided to take matters into their own hands. Kubrick repeated his collaboration with Peter Sellers, this time in a triple role, demonstrating his strength as an actor because each of his roles is completely different. It's not just him. George C. Scott and Sterling Hayden are also great. Kubrick's precision in the scenes, especially those involving airplanes, comes as no surprise. Undoubtedly Kubrick's funniest film and actually the only one primarily considered as a comedy. (07/04/2014)

A brilliant idea, masterfully brought to perfection, despite the bizarreness on the way. Now I finally understand the thousands of references found in American pop culture. Slim Pickens’ rodeo ride, the War Room. Truly an essential piece of cinematography. Peter Sellers excels, Sterling Hayden, ranting on with that cigar in his mouth, is the epitome of the military and George C. Scott steals almost all the scenes only and only for himself. Great. (04/01/2013)

What can I say about Dr. Strangelove? It's a film by one of my favorite directors, starring one of my favorite actors in several roles, the subject matter is a satirical Cold War comedy, which is (what a coincidence) one of my favorite subjects... What, you haven't seen it yet? "I'm walking!" (04/04/2010)

My fifth Kubrick. While I obviously don't remember the era and couldn't absorb the tense political atmosphere of the time from credible liberal sources, I did suffer through some of that education. And so you can’t help but notice with this work Kubrick is reflecting on the Cuban Missile Crisis, which was indeed the closest we came in the entire Cold War era to the outbreak of another global conflict. To make the whole film in a satirical and parodying spirit is probably the best thing Kubrick could have done, because it was the satirical approach that perfectly allowed him to point out the senselessness and lameness of the whole long conflict between East and West. The only thing that perhaps disappointed me a little was that the entire time the viewer only witnesses political events in the West. Some insight into the Kremlin and an "Eastern perspective" on the whole affair might have added to the overall experience. The question is how the East would have taken it at the time if someone parodied their high command. ;) (02/12/2011)