Dr. Strangelove: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

Even though Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb screened in the midst of the sobering Cold War, critics were keen on praising the film for its mastery of humor applied to such a sensitive matter. The film is exceedingly loaded with metaphors, innuendos, and allusions that nothing can be left undissected or taken for face value; the resulting effect is understood to be part of Kubrick’s multifarious theme. Kubrick has stated that what began as a “the basis for a serious film about accidental war ” eventually birthed an absurd and farcical classic comedy. The director fuses together irony, satire, and black humor to create a waggish piece but most of all the situation of the times and its

The filmmakers’ main ideas are that the government misled and lied to the people of the U.S. so that they would believe that the atomic bomb would have no effect on their health and security, that we should question if the government should have lied to the American people, and to make us question whether or not the citizens of the U.S. would continue to be as naive as the people of the 1950’s.

Kubrick’s film presented a strong viewpoint on the Cold War. The public’s vast partition on the nation’s current issues as opposed to the general unity in fear of communism and nuclear strike that was being practiced by the United States in the 1960’s was a key factor in the film’s success is the genera and style in which the story is told and in how the movie is filmed. This film can change thoughts about war and weapons growth now. Th film propose a viewpoint of somebody who is against war in a non-threatening way. This is surely why the film is so effective. He was able to demonstrate a satire of the dangerous notion of a nuclear war and the foolish individuals who were coordinating it, and furthermore, addressed the problem of stereotyping.

The notion that mutual second strike capability can also act as a form of deterrence is only effective when the other state knows the extent to which one can retaliate. Since General Ripper is not aware that the Soviets possess a doomsday device, he has no reservations about initiating a nuclear strike. Additionally, some U.S. officials also advocate to let the nuclear attack against the Russians playout since they are unaware of their retaliation abilities. An important aspect of the

The documentary “Louder than a bomb” is a documentary about a group of teenagers who compete in a spoken word competition. The documentary uses many technical elements to portray unique characteristics of every character in the film. One specific character, Nate Marshall, is greatly developed using these technical elements.The technical elements of the documentary show Nate to be affectionate, committed, helpful, and reserved. In many scenes, Nate is shown to be affectionate to others in the film. One specific example is when he is shown spending time with his nephew in his house, as an introduction to his poem “A letter to my unborn nephew”. This scene showed a two shot of Nate holding his nephew in his arms and feeding him. This shot was

The unit begins to tear themselves apart. The movie starts out in 1949 with man of the name Harvey Stovall strolling down a street in London. After he leaves the hat store he spots a familiar antique that he later finds out, after investigating, came from Archbury. Archbury is the air force base that the 918th Bomb Group was based at during World War 2.

Basically, the Soviet Union was planning to strike a nuclear missile in Cuba. These posed a threat to the Americans, Moscow being the largely affected. Following this threat, the President resolutely declared to the Americans of the threat and that if any missiles were launched, the U.S. will strike back to retaliate the Soviet Union. With

Most of the scenes are in the White House, focusing in President John F. Kennedy and promote invasion of Cuba as of Soviet missile installation

The Atomic Bomb is a cause of fear, and was a bomb whose creation was pushed by fear, whose decision to be dropped was in part for its psychological effects, and whose meaning has sparked fear in those that made it, and those who know of its power. The fear surrounding the bomb is a unique one that came in a series of waves. The fear was first limited to a specific group of individuals, such as government and military officials, but then made its way to larger groups until the fear became so widespread it was shared among the larger general population.

Kennedy had three options: To bomb the missile sites, to bomb the sites and conduct both sea and airborne landings, or to blockade Cuba and to confirm the transfer of the missiles from the island. At first, Kennedy was enraged and wanted to attack the missile sites, but the issue was whether to let Khrushchev and Castro know his plan. If he had let them know, the Soviet Union could have responded earlier by striking against Berlin or their bases in Turkey. However, if it would be a surprise attack many people would be killed, equalling to further conflict. Kennedy reasoned it would not be a good idea due to the fact it was impulsive and the consequences would be drastic. The Joints Chiefs of Staff added that a surprise air strike would lead to an invasion.Although the air strike proposal was done for, the Joints Chief of Staff argued against the blockade debating that it would be inefficient and useless. Not only did they mention that the blockade would not remove the missiles for the simple fact that they were already there, but they also pointed out that doing so would cause the Soviet Union to do it also. Forcing the removal of the missiles would mean the United States would have to remove their missiles surrounding the Soviet Union too, or so they thought. Although a blockade had its cons, it was the safer way to go and would cause less extreme consequences according to Secretary McNamara and Robert F. Kennedy. These three proposals all had their cons; Some more than others, but Kennedy managed to pick the best out of them

The US took action almost instantly, declaring the missiles be removed immediately and accused the Soviets of being “Inexplicably provocative” in their actions. The placement of the missiles not only threatened the prestige and powerful status of the US, but posed a serious threat to the people along the east coast. The US debated for 13 days; finally settling on the idea of a naval blockade of Cuba as opposed to another invasion. The blockade was outlined a much safer, and less aggressive option. An armed invasion, however, would involve air strikes and had a high projected death rate. A previously attempted invasion, The Bay of Pigs, had proven a miserable failure. The death of even one Soviet technician could have been seen as an extreme act of aggression and trigger a potential counterattack. Kennedy agreed that if the blockade failed, that was their only, and final resort. The announcement publicly broke October 22nd, as the US had already sent their Submarines to surround Cuba. The public response was overwhelming, with people all over the world already bracing themselves for another potential, and perhaps final war.

In the movie, Dr. Strangelove, the United States Air Force Brigadier General J D. Ripper ordered a nuclear attack when he was talking to mandrake and he ordered for the attack without any legitimate order by the president of United States Muffley. Ripper ordered his executive officer Lionel Mandrake who belonged to the Royal Air Force of UK to alert his base Alongside he ordered the aircraft

The introduction/Act I starts with having you pan over a beautiful star filled galaxy, when suddenly you see a black orb zoom past the screen and collide with a satellite just outside of earth’s orbit (which will finally become an important moment towards the end of the story). You then pan to an old military base in Pasadena, California

Strangelove is the commentary between General Turgidson and President Muffley. In one line Turgidson says to Muffley, “Mr. President, I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed. But I do say... no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops.” In this scene, General Turgidson is trying, unsuccessfully, to convince President Muffley to send all of his nuclear arsenal following the plane sent by General Ripper. To which President Muffley naturally responds, “I will not go down in history as the greatest mass murderer since Adolf Hitler!” If you have seen the movie, you know that Turgidson delivers these lines in an optimistic, bordering on giddy tone. Moreover, Turgidson’s tone not only exemplifies the absurdity of the whole situation, but also brings up a very interesting point about the power of a nuclear bomb. Calling ten to twenty million people dead “acceptable losses” is pretty unbelievable when re-examined. That’s one third of the total lives lost in WWII in the blink of an eye. Really, the only reason ten to twenty million dead could ever be considered “acceptable,” is when you are dealing with nuclear warfare - something easily capable of wiping all life from the face of the earth. This comical commentary between Turgidson and Muffley shows just how abstract the idea of killing that many people must have been to our leaders, and just how distanced from their constituents

     “Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” is a movie that portrays the situation during the Cold War in comical fashion. The movie is about the United State’s attempt to recall the planes ordered by the paranoid General Ripper to attack the Soviet Union and essentially save the planet from destruction. Producer and director Stanley Kubrick, basing the movie on the novel Red Alert intended the movie to be a straightforward drama but was unable to without using crucial scenes of the story that seemed to give the movie a more comical view of the plot.