Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!!
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I very much hope, when they come to the end of the Kubrick library, they watch A. I. It was a passion project for Stanley. Unfortunately he never got to make it. In 1995 he handed it off to Steven Spielberg who finally got the project going after Kubrick's death in 1999.
Gerald Corona
2021-10-02 05:13:25 +0000 UTCRandom question, but why are the YouTube edits blocked here for some users when they’re available for free on YouTube? Is that a weird error or am I just not understanding?
Sheebs
2021-09-28 08:42:27 +0000 UTCI just watched Eyes a few weeks ago and it haunted me for quite some time. Very disturbing. I think Kubrick knew about Hollywood depravity long before Weinstein was exposed. (No double entendre intended!)
Catherine LW
2021-09-27 20:43:44 +0000 UTC“Spartacus” was Kubrick’s only film that he didn’t have complete control of. In fact, he was the second director hired for the project; the first was fired after a week of shooting. So I doubt it was his idea to do “Spartacus” in color. I’m sure doing “Dr. Strangelove” in B&W was an aesthetic choice, as most of his work in both film and photography had been B&W up to that point. When he shot “2001” a few years later, using color was a fun and necessary change of direction. Can you imagine the star-gate sequence in B&W? It had to be in color to tell the story properly.
Nick of Time
2021-09-24 10:07:31 +0000 UTC“Barry Lyndon” is one of the few Kubrick films I still haven’t seen. But I’d certainly like to, if for no other reason than to behold all the candlelit scenes I’ve heard so much about.
Nick of Time
2021-09-24 09:51:41 +0000 UTCI think they’re ready.
Nick of Time
2021-09-24 09:48:20 +0000 UTCPlanning on going through the entire Kubrick catalog? Selfishly, I just want you to watch Eyes Wide Shut
Shehab Dawoud
2021-09-23 10:58:21 +0000 UTCThe thing I love about Kubrick films is each one is so different in subject and style than what he did before. Along that line, you should watch “Barry Lyndon,” for a completely different take on Kubrick’s filmmaking. It’s a crime Peter Sellers didn’t win an Oscar for this, and George C. Scott, as well. But you can still catch the brilliance of Sellers in “Being There” and Scott in “Patton.”
Bob McFadden
2021-09-23 04:02:24 +0000 UTCThat basement scene is so creepy. Especially with the swinging overhead light and the shadows… Her face is the thing of nightmares.
Nick of Time
2021-09-22 14:10:06 +0000 UTCI saw that one around the same age, but the first time I saw it was a parody of the film done by something called Mad Movies with the L.A. Connection. They would dub comedic dialogue over the original so I didn't think of the movie as something serious to watch. A few years later I saw the original version and was blown away by it. I'm not a huge horror film buff, but I love that one. The scene with the daughter is still brutal for me to watch.
Mitchell Smilie
2021-09-22 00:54:19 +0000 UTCFirst time watch! Sort of... I hardly remember it. I saw it on video in the late 90s. Wow... what great satire of the cold war era! Kubrick was pretty good with that camera, wasn't he? Love those wide shots. I wonder why he chose to shoot in black and white for a 1964 release. He shot "Spartacus" in color and that was 1960.
Mr. Writhms
2021-09-21 22:16:12 +0000 UTCI’m like you. When I was about 16, I rented the original “Night of The Living Dead”, wanting to watch an old B&W hokey horror film to laugh at. Little did I know how deeply creeped out I was about to become.
Nick of Time
2021-09-21 14:05:42 +0000 UTCBeing There is a fantastic movie! Peter Sellers was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar and won The Golden Globe. The film also won BAFTA for Best Screenplay. But regardless of awards, the film is just worth a watch.
Mike Tocci
2021-09-21 10:34:18 +0000 UTCI hope this is the first of many black-and-white or "classic Hollywood" films you guys will be watching. I stumbled into old movies when I was 16. I was up late watching television and for some reason came across Casablanca on television. I don't remember what prompted me to watch the movie, but after a few minutes I was hooked. I don't recall if Turner Classic Movies was a thing yet but I would go to the video store and just rent random black-and-white movies. Some of them were easy choices like the original King Kong or the Universal monster films (Dracula, Frankenstein, etc.) and, since Casablanca was my starting point, I would seek out more Humphrey Bogart flicks. Obviously these films were made in a much different world from the one we currently inhabit so there will be problematic content now and again, but the stories, the acting, and the inventive ways they made films in an age without cgi is really interesting to watch.
Mitchell Smilie
2021-09-21 07:15:22 +0000 UTCThis was the movie that first brought Peter Sellers to my attention many years ago when I saw Dr. Strangelove on cable. I've seen this movie many times over the years, and it never gets old. Any way, now that you've seen how versatile and talented Peter Sellers is, I'd like to recommend one of my favorite movies of his: Being There (1979).
Ron
2021-09-21 05:01:29 +0000 UTCGeorge Lucas once told Gene Siskel that "you can divide the directors of the world into those that like people and those that don't." For some reason I always got the feeling that Stanley Kubrick was probably the latter :)
dvslee
2021-09-21 03:36:49 +0000 UTCTBR commented on the romantic music during the in-flight refueling scene at the beginning of the film. I wonder if he also picked up on the intentionally phallic symbolism of that scene, with the long connector hose delivering the “vital fluids” from one plane to another.
Nick of Time
2021-09-20 23:04:24 +0000 UTCI do love the “no fighting in the War Room” bit. Hilarious!
Nick of Time
2021-09-20 22:59:55 +0000 UTCOh.. and I think its hilarious that a dude ends the world because he can't get it up. Typical.
Shaun2342!
2021-09-20 22:59:00 +0000 UTCthe original ending was a giant pie fight before the end of the world. I like the actual ending better.
Shaun2342!
2021-09-20 22:58:09 +0000 UTCInsane historical note: the Russians did in fact design (but supposedly never built) a Doomsday weapon similar to what is described in the movie. The designed weapon was essentially an ocean liner with the entire inside housing a massive nuclear bomb. The ship would float around, unmanned, off the coast of Russia and continually monitor the atmosphere for any sudden spike in radiation. Such a spike would indicate that a nuclear attack had taken place and upon detection, the ship would immediately detonate, vaporizing all the seawater around it and cover the world in nuclear rainfall, killing everything on a global level.
Nick of Time
2021-09-20 22:52:06 +0000 UTCThere are a few more Kubrick movies you’ve yet to see, but really only one left that is a must see and I think you all are ready for it now: “Eyes Wide Shut”. You may wish to save it for the holiday season, as it is a— uh, *non traditional* Christmas movie, but it can be watched at any time.
Nick of Time
2021-09-20 22:47:11 +0000 UTCThis is my favorite Kubrick movie and one of my favorite Peter Sellers films. It really shows off the versatility of both men as filmmakers and artists. The movie was loosely based on the hook Red Alert by Peter George. The screenplay was by Kubrick, George and Terry Southern, who was a famous novelist who also worked on other films like Easy Rider, The Cincinnati Kid and Barbarella. Peter Sellers plays 3 parts and was scheduled to play a fourth. He played Captain Mandrake, Dr. Strangelove himself and American President Muffley He was also to play Slim Pickens part, but faked an ankle injury to get out of it. Sellers was British and was one of the greatest comic actors ever, able to do all kinds of accents. He originated the part of Inspector Clouseau in original Pink Panther movies. He's one of my favorite comic actors ever, starring with legends like Alec Guiness (Obi-wan Kenobi) in The Ladykillers and so many other classic films, too numerous to mention. Sterling Hayden, Gen. Jack D. Ripper, was aptly and comically named as a maniac who wanted nuclear war and went to extremes to get it. You may recognize him as Captain McCluskey from The Godfather, who Michael Corleone shot in the throat along with Solozzo in the Italian restaurant. You'll recognize Slim Pickens, who played Major Kong ing in the bomber, as being in Blazing Saddles where he played Taggart, the boss of the slaves. (Lots of the names in this film are meant to carry funny meanings) George C. Scott starred in The Exorcist III, Patton, 12 Angry Men, Hardcore and about a zillion others films and TV shows. His character name, Gen. Turgidsen, was a joke too. Just consider the meaning of the word "turgid." His character is a walking hard-on. "Gentleman, you can't fight in here, this is The War Room" has to be one of the funniest and most ironic lines in the history of cinema. I've seen this a dozen times or more and watching it with you guys was still a while lot of fun. Looking forward to more!
Mike Tocci
2021-09-20 22:09:02 +0000 UTCYou've hit most of Kubrick's big movies now. Of the ones that remain, the one I'd like to see you guys cover is The Killing, a film noir about a heist that goes horribly wrong. It stars Sterling Hayden, the guy who played General Ripper in this, and the thing is, he always played the exact same character, so just imagine the who was ranting about fluoride as a bank robber.
Sean O'Hara
2021-09-20 22:03:49 +0000 UTCYou're going to hear this a lot: Peter Sellers played Mandrake the British officer, the President of the United States, and Dr. Strangelove. (And yes, that was genuine nuclear test footage at the end.) Update: crap I typed this right before you acknowledged this already in the video. Also, that amazing plaque of "casualties in megadeaths" is where a certain rock group took it's name....
Mark
2021-09-20 21:20:17 +0000 UTCMe too! So glad TBR Schmitt shared that. We were second guessing for a minute in the beginning haha -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2021-09-20 21:12:49 +0000 UTCSo glad you went into this one knowing it’s a comedy! Many people don’t get that and are left not knowing what to make of the film.
Nick of Time
2021-09-20 20:29:11 +0000 UTC"Well boys, I reckon this is it: nuclear combat, toe to toe with the Russkies." Yeeeehaw!! :D
Nick of Time
2021-09-20 19:21:12 +0000 UTC
