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The Ultimate Poilitical Satire:

"How Does The Fate of the World hang on a Coca-Cola Machine?" "Why Did U.S. H-Bombers attack Russia?" "What is the Doomsday device?" "Why was Gen. Jack D. Ripper so obsessed with fluids." "Why did Dr. Stranglove want 'Ten Females to each Male?" "Where was the Red Premier When The Hot-line Rang?"

Well, guess what. you're never going to be able to answer these questions unless you watch this cinematic masterpiece. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Who is, by far one of the greatest directors in the history of... more info

Black Comedy: or I how I learned to love Stanley Kubrick:

Stanley Kubrick, for the past 5 years or so (ever since I first watched Strangelove), has been a personal idol of mine. And if the average person wants to know what the big deal is about Kubrick, the answer lies within this film.

While it's debateable whether this, 2001, or Clockwork is his greatest acheivement on film, I argue that Strangelove contains the most of what we know and love of Kubrick. His combination of satire, black comedy, and the use of unlikely situations to provoke serious thought (and... more info

Oh for the days of the Cold War!:

Every ideology that seems terribly important to one generation usually ends up seeming idiotic and even disturbingly naive to the following generation.

Think about it. The ideologies of the 18th century - dying for one's prince, duke or loot - seemed insane during the Napoleonic Wars, when nationalism became THE primary motivating factor.

"Pure" nationalism - like the extreme gung-ho attitudes at the beginning of World War I - seemed rather distasteful to the Allied forces in World War II, who fought... more info

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