Monday, October 5, 2009

Dr. Strange

I was very confused watching the movie Dr. Strangelove, until we talked about the movie in my English 151 class. The movie is about a nuclear war crisis between the United States and the Civil Union. It was regarding Doomsday and the Cold War. I laughed a few times in this movie, but I don’t know if I was just too tired or what, but I didn’t really find this movie entertaining or funny, like most people feel it is.

I noticed that there was only ONE female throughout the entire movie, and she was only is one scene. The woman was a secretary, who was also a model who was in the magazines that the soldiers looked at when on the planes. This relates very much to the James Bond movies. James Bond always has a female assistant by his side and she is always supposed to portray a sexy woman who every man thinks is hot.


One of the few parts I felt were funny in this movie was when the man with the cowboy hat was sitting on top of the atom bomb when doors opened and when the bomb was released with him on top of it, he was acting like he was riding a horse or a bull the entire way down. You would think that after a few seconds he would be like, crap I’m sitting on a bomb right now that’s about to explode, but nope he just keeps on riding that bull. I think that they did that because they really just wanted people to know that this movie was a joke when it came to the atom bomb and people weren’t really taking this topic very seriously.

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  1. Nick A,.October 6, 2009 at 1:04 PM

    I understand where you are coming from when you say that the movie was hard to follow. I think that there is a lot of stuff that is open for you imagination to interpret, in terms of themes. I think that this generation is more used to cut and dry movies that relay a solid point that is very obvious. Though you found this movie boring, I think that you should try to think of it as a learning experience. You were introduced to a different type pf film that can help you to have a greater appreciation for films these days. Also, try and look at the message that was being sent through the film. I think if you dig deep enough, you will find that there were good things that you could get out of viewing this film!

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  2. RussNovember 24, 2009 at 1:00 PM

    Perhaps you could have cited some material from Stillman's article to help understand some of themes that Kubrick was trying to evoke. It would have also helped if you discussed compositional modes besides mise en scene, like lighting, score, and cinematography. I like the images you chose to support what you were saying though.

    What do think Kubrick's point was in getting his audience to laugh at nuclear annihilation?

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