Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Special Edition)

by Stanley Kubrick (Director)

DVD, 2001

Call number

DVD-DRAMA 136

Collection

DVD

Publication

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2001), Edition: Special Edition

Description

A satire in which the U.S. president and his military advisors struggle ineptly to avert a holocaust after a psychotic Air Force general launches a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union because he fears that the Russians are poisoning the water supply in the United States.

User reviews

LibraryThing member comfypants

A US general orders an attack on the Soviet Union.

There was a time, many years ago, when I considered this my favorite movie. My opinion of it has dropped quite a bit since then, but I still love it.

Concept: A
Story: A
Characters: A
Dialog: A
Pacing: B
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: C
Acting:

B
Music: A

Enjoyment: A plus

GPA: 3.7/4

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LibraryThing member jgcorrea

Shall we soberly realize that “Doctor Strangelove” isn’t so much parody as reality with a bit of humor?

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