Friday, September 12, 2008

DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB(1964)



Tagline: The Hot-Line Suspense Comedy

Dir - Stanley Kubrick
Genre - Comedy, War
Cast - Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden
Production Budget - $ 1,800,000

Talk about timelessness! This movie, although conceived in 1964, does not fall out of flavor for even today's times. The idea about nuclear warfare, cold war scenarios, army affairs & everything related to it, hold such a sense of seriousness. But, the director, Stanley Kubrick, known widely for his eccentric movies (read, The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut, etc.) explores the comical side of such grave situations and does it with ease. The movie can be called a satire about all the things we term or overrate as serious.

The actors, especially Peter Sellers who plays three roles, performs excellently. Also, George C. Scott adds a lot of humor in the war room. The hot - line conversation between the American President & his Russian counterpart is the highlight of the movie, where the reality has been mocked upon.

To be honest, it is simply delightful to watch a movie representing such a serious issue, and blowing it apart with witty humor.

Upsides: Witty humor, timelessness, performance of actors.

Downsides: Probably, the comic part should have been enhanced so that even a layman can enjoy the movie.

Trivia: While shooting aerial footage of wastelands over Greenland, the second unit camera crew accidentally filmed a secret US military base. Their plane was forced down under suspicion of being Russian spies.

Overall, a 3.75/5.0

Links for you:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/

Download:
http://rapidshare.com/files/28365146/DrStrange.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/28369026/DrStrange.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/28372814/DrStrange.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/28376370/DrStrange.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/28384084/DrStrange.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/28387783/DrStrange.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/28391416/DrStrange.part7.rar

Subtitles:
http://subscene.com/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb/subtitles-2900.aspx