Review of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) by Chriss M — 23 Mar 2012
With this movie Kubrick turned to a satirically grim and disappointed -- but not to be confused with an outright cynical -- view of the human race, and he never turned back for the remainder of his career.
He developed a knack for translating to the screen with brutal honesty the many terrifying possibilities, some very nuanced, that are within the range of the common person's capability to harm other people.
He didn't focus on the possibility of a very rare and obscure criminal case (like the fictional Hannibal Lecter), but rather focused on the disgusting points of humanity that are the most typical (see 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut).
To be named Steven Spielberg and to say that Kubrick's films reveal him to be a "humanist" is to build a monument to pretension and worship at its altar.
This review of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) was written by Chriss M on 23 Mar 2012.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb has generally received very positive reviews.
Was this review helpful?
