In following the tone of the book, Kubrick originally intended to film the story as a serious drama. However, as he later explained during interviews, he began to see comedy inherent in the idea of mutual assured destruction as he wrote the first draft. Kubrick said:
"My idea of doing it as a nightmare comedy came in the early weeks of working on the screenplay. I found that in trying to put meat on the bones and to imagine the scenes fully, one had to keep leaving out of it things which were either absurd or paradoxical, in order to keep it from being funny; and these things seemed to be close to the heart of the scenes in question." Wikipedia
"Because I direct films, I have to live in a major English-speaking production center. That narrows it down to three places: Los Angeles, New York and London. I like New York, but it's inferior to London as a production center. Hollywood is best, but I don't like living there.
You read books or see films that depict people being corrupted by Hollywood, but it isn't that. It's this tremendous sense of insecurity. A lot of destructive competitiveness. In comparison, England seems very remote. I try to keep up, read the trade papers, but it's good to get it on paper and not have to hear it every place you go. I think it's good to just do the work and insulate yourself from that undercurrent of low-level malevolence." Stanley-Kubrick--1987
"Dr. Strangelove's" humor is generated by a basic comic principle: People trying to be funny are never as funny as people trying to be serious and failing. The laughs have to seem forced on unwilling characters by the logic of events. A man wearing a funny hat is not funny. But a man who doesn't know he's wearing a funny hat ... ah, now you've got something. Roger EbertYou can't make this stuff up or can you? Or as Alex would say:
We must be getting old, Here is the link for the CRM114. Still a great movie.
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Bobby Tony, it had to happen.
I'm not comfortable with it either, but, at this point, there is no alternative. Trump, because of his nature, has made all the Democrats, and the unprincipled Democrat Media show their hand, and now we know their game plan, and how they collectively just don't care about our Republic ... not one whit. Until Trump shows me far worse than what I have seen, I am sitting in the front car of the Trump Train. One more thing B.T.: That last comment of yours is very insightful, and would make another outstanding post on BCN. |
Homebrun here Bobby Tony.
You took one of my top 50 favorite movies and used it as a perfect metaphor to explain the incredible behavior of the Democrat party and the Democrat Media. Thank-you. |
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