Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Gee LP (A) on March 27, 2005 at 17:43:30

In Reply to: Dr. Strangelove...so what is wrong with me? posted by Bas Horneman on March 27, 2005 at 14:44:06:

Grossly over-rated? Not funny?

"You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company."

"Remember when we were firing the machine gun? Keep feeding me, you said, and I kept feeding you! Remember?"

"A fella can have himself a pretty good time in Dallas (later re-edited to say "Vegas") with this stuff."

"You just go ahead and start your countdown, and I promise ol' Buck'll be back before you can say 'Blast-Off!'"

"Mein fuhrer! I can walk!"

"Of course I like to call you! Of course I like to say 'Hallo'!"

When I showed a friend "Dr. Strangelove" for the first time, he didn't laugh at all. He thought it was too close to the truth. For an interesting counterpoint, now see the Henry Fonda drama "Fail Safe," which was released almost at the same time as "Strangelove."
I think that if you find cliches in "Dr. Strangelove", it is because others have stolen from it over and over again. Perhaps its "essence of purity" has been drained from it, so to speak. The perspective of time does make large parts of it seem almost like a documentary, but keep in mind the crazy things our government has done since "Strangelove"! And remember, when Ronald Reagan became president and took his first tour of the White House, he asked to see "the War Room"!