I'mstarting to think so, after watching most of it again recently. Peter
Sellers and George C. Scott do masterful jobs, and Slim Pickens did a
pretty fine job too. The thing is blackly funny.
Mike
Lack of skill dictates economy of style. - Joey Ramone
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Topic - Is "Dr. Strangelove" Kubrick's masterpiece?? - Mike K 13:50:44 08/22/09 (23)
- "Lolita" is as great as anything he did. nt - tinear 18:01:18 09/02/09 (1)
- Damning with faint praise? nt - Victor Khomenko 06:19:33 09/04/09 (0)
- Masterpiece is too big a word, it presumes too many things - Victor Khomenko 19:14:45 08/26/09 (8)
- A satire -- as "Dr. Strangelove" is -- is the artistic equivalent of "reductio ad absurdum" in Logic... - orejones 03:56:03 08/29/09 (1)
- RE: OH Boy! Yes it is a satire and you are the satyr of politic. - patrickU 06:03:15 08/30/09 (0)
- Shakespeare had to throw a few lines to the cheap seats - late 05:58:36 08/27/09 (5)
- In fifty years no one will know what the film is about - Victor Khomenko 06:32:42 08/27/09 (4)
- It's already 45 years old * - Mike K 09:36:52 08/27/09 (3)
- late is about twice as old nt - Victor Khomenko 09:44:55 08/27/09 (2)
- I am sure we will all forget about it in 5 years time... nt - late 05:51:11 08/30/09 (1)
- That's fifty years from now, buddy - Victor Khomenko 06:25:09 08/30/09 (0)
- One must at least consider "Barry Lyndon" - dwill123 18:41:46 08/24/09 (0)
- On my top ten list for sure. - Mossback 03:12:48 08/24/09 (0)
- My pick from him is "A Clockwork Orange" - RGA 13:28:25 08/23/09 (1)
- . . . or as Mad Magazine called it, "A Crockwork Lemon" :-) [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 20:49:32 08/23/09 (0)
- Dr. Strangelove is one of my alltime favorites nt - Daryl Zero 22:12:39 08/22/09 (0)
- My number one Kubrick is 'Paths of Glory'-the tracking shot of - powermatic 21:49:26 08/22/09 (1)
- "My number one Kubrick is 'Paths of Glory'" Easy to agree with that one - Victor Khomenko 19:26:54 08/26/09 (0)
- I think so... - musetap 19:05:36 08/22/09 (0)
- For ooh's and aah's it's going to be Redmond Barry's story. * - mr grits 18:16:06 08/22/09 (1)
- Yup, Barry Lyndon stays with me in a different way than his others. - mpathus 17:23:57 08/23/09 (0)
- Another vote for 2001 - danj 16:55:52 08/22/09 (0)
- No, that would be 2001: A Space Odyssey - geoffkait 15:12:52 08/22/09 (0)