Review of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) by Reece L — 29 Aug 2014
As well as brilliantly satirizing Cold War mentalities, misconceptions, and playground politics, "Dr. Strangelove" successfully mocks nearly every strand of conservative ideology imaginable as well as its subsequent phenomena, including the military industrial complex, the ignorance of foot-soldiers in regards to the larger political picture and their tendency to place an unreasonable amount of faith in their military superiors, the ultimate emptiness of right-wing hyper-masculinity, nuclear proliferation as a form of deterrence, obnoxiously aggressive and xenophobic policies and conspiracy theories (these are likened and attributed to sexual impotence), their calls for overreaction in response to global conflict as a result of childish self-aggrandizement, empty, self-serving "moralistic" tirades invented to rationalize these ridiculous political actions, etc.
The result of the meticulously placed dialogue and Kubrick's acutely aware eye for political buffoonery is one of the most fully-realized, progressive, and intelligent masterpieces ever put to film.
This review of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) was written by Reece L on 29 Aug 2014.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb has generally received very positive reviews.
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