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Doctor Strangelove - Patreon Version (Patreon)

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2022-07-28 12:01:02
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No Sync Required Version: https://cinebingers.ca/tshLhagBi5 - For Patreon tier "Bingers on The Wall" or higher.

Movie runtime: 1:34:45

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Doctor Strangelove - Patreon Version

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Jay Davis
>>88484811

Late. I know. But Failsafe would definitely be a great companion piece to this classic. A very different take on the very same subject in the very same year.

Steve H

The movie "Wargames" is a good sequel; the conclusion is hopeful, and a good movie to follow this one.

China Andronicus

Peter Sellers actually got an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his three roles in this film. I'm still disappointed that he didn't win. There were a lot of great contenders that year but being able to play three such distinct and fantastic parts should have been recognized. Sadly, the Academy is only just beginning to recognize Genre films/roles, and rarely recognizes comedies. I think they named it after Strangelove because though his role was so small, it was so very unforgettable. That last scene alone is utterly bonkers and Sellers improvised the "I can walk" line, it wasn't in the script.

brian burke

yes fail safe is very similar to this movie but more serious and there is a remake george clooney helped make

Jim Johnson

This was a pleasant surprise to wake up to!

JayF

This is a classic that I've somehow never managed to watch even though I love Peter Sellers. Now I have something to look forward to watching when I get home from work this evening.

Prof. Writhms

Peter Sellers plays 3 very different parts: The British captain, the American president and the German Dr. Strangelove. He was a genius comic actor.

Jim Johnson
>>88475733

This is one of my favorite movies and I’ve watched it countless times at this point. You are in for one hell of a treat, especially being a fan of Sellers.

Lannisen

Love this film. I remember writing a paper on it in 10th grade.

Vidal (BillyG!) Gomez jr

I would love you guys to react to 1962 "lolita", another collaboration between Sellers and Kubrick.

Lannisen

A film that took a lot of inspiration from this is Iron Sky, a satire in which the Germans built a secret base on the far side of the moon and returns to earth during modern day. It was made by a Finnish team and pretty much entirely fan financed. It's a fun watch!

David Martin

Brilliant satire from first sight of the "Jack D. Ripper" nameplate on the General's desk. You have to watch this many times to get all the satirical context.

EMB

I'm so happy you guys watched this. Whenever someone asks me what my favorite movie is, I answer with Dr. Strangelove. It's such a weird feeling watching it. It's so serious, yet so ridiculous in such a great way. I was born the year the Soviet Union dissolved, and I never lived under that kind of fear of annihilation, but that was widely on the minds of people of the day. I still stand by that it is my favorite movie. It is stupid and silly to play games with the world at stake. I am so happy you guys watched this.

David Martin

Coincidentally, a serious look at this scenario was filmed at the same time. It was called Failsafe and starred Henry Fonda and Walter Matthau. It's an excellent film. Supposedly Kubrick pulled some strings to get his movie released before Failsafe, which is one reason few people know about it.

Jim Johnson

Fun fact about the performance from George C Scott in this movie (Buck Turgidson). Kubrick had him do each scene in a goofy take and a serious take, telling him that the serious take would be used and the goofy ones were to loosen him up. He used every goofy take and Scott was not pleased.

Robert Cooper
>>88486385

It's such a shame. This is the only comedy role I can think of Scott playing (unless you count Muppets), and he's just amazing. It makes me wonder why he never did more.

Who Are These People

OMG This from Cinebinge and Wizard of Oz from another of my favorite reactors on the same day! Squeee! Also, Simone, re: Kubrick. Along with top-rated war movie 'Full Metal Jacket' (#7 on imdb 'top war movies of all time') and this top-rated comedy (#5 on 'top comedies of all time'), two of his other 'must-watch' movies are an Arthur Clarke (one of the Big Three of golden-era sci-fi) adaptation, '2001: A Space Odyssey' (#1 'top sci fi') and a Stephen King horror adaptation, 'The Shining' (#1 'top horror). And he knocks them both all. the. way. out. of. the. park. What other movie maker can score top 10 ranked films in every genre he does? Edit: I'd consider '2001' to be Kubrick's best just because of the difficulty level. He had to portray abstract stuff in a very visual way and without any exposition and still have the idea get through.

Michael Kemmet

Simone gave George a little grief in the beginning over his comment about the refueling of the bomber being sexual, but that was a deliberate allusion by Kubrick and only the first of many. In fact, the entire film is structured as a sex act as part of the satire. In the beginning, the bombers are skirting the borders of Soviet airspace. Later, they penetrate the border on the way to their targets. The bomber the film follows is blocked at one point and has to change course and reverse direction several times. It then has to divert to a target of opportunity because of fuel exhaustion. It eventually releases its bomb, as "King" Kong rides it down, yelling all the way, before the detonation of the bomb and the relative calmness that follows. There are the giant examples of Kubrick equating the posturing of nuclear war with male sexual ego(Ripper's concern about the "purity of his essence" and Dr. Strangelove's 10:1 gender ratio being the most obvious), but there are also some subtle ones that can easily be missed. Notice that there is only one female character in the entire film("war is a man's game"), and she is a secretary/mistress that spends all of her screen time in a bikini(which is itself a reference to the bikini being named for Bikini Atoll after it became famous for a series of nuclear weapons tests in the late 50s). Or that that same actor/character is the centerfold in the Playboy magazine that "King" Kong is reading in the B-52 cockpit near the beginning of the film. Plus all the character names: "Buck" Turgidson, "King" Kong, Merkin Muffley, Lionel Mandrake, etc. Other interesting tidbits about the film: - Sellers was also supposed to play Major Kong, the bomber pilot. Sellers was concerned over the workload of playing four characters, plus he wasn't confident about his Texan accent. He later hurt his ankle during filming which gave him the excuse that he couldn't maneuver around the tight B-52 set. Slim Pickens was cast as the replacement and wasn't told he was working on a comedy. He played his scenes straight because he was led to believe this was a war drama/thriller. - George C. Scott was not happy about the film and vowed to never work with Kubrick again. Kubrick wanted Scott to be completely over the top in his performance, but Scott was uncomfortable with that. So Kubrick convinced Scott to do some "test takes" as warmups before the "actual" takes and to just go wild since the test takes would never be seen. Guess which takes Kubrick used? - The war room scene was supposed to end with a giant pie fight. It was even filmed. Thank goodness Kubrick realized that a physical farce scene would undermine the serious farcical nature of the complete film. - The first test screening was scheduled for the day JFK was assassinated. That led to the movie being shelved until 1964 instead of its original planned December 1962/January 1963 release date. It also resulted in one of Kong's lines being redubbed before release. "A fella could have a pretty good weekend in Dallas with all that stuff" got changed to Vegas. (Another film that was affected by a major tragedy was 2002's Big Trouble starring Tim Allen and Rene Russo. Originally set to release in late September, 2001, and featuring a subplot about lax airport security and a bomb on a plane, the movie studio shelved the movie for a year, then released it with almost no advertising. BTW, it would make an amazing reaction video. Very much like the Monty Python and the Holy Grail or Airplane! reactions. Confused laughter from George, WTF? face from Simone. :) )

Who Are These People

Re: George's comment 'maybe the genre (spoofing ongoing situations) didn't exist at the time', I refer you to 'Citizen Kane' (1941), often called the 'greatest film of all time' which was, you guessed it, a satire that *couldn't make the disclaimer* that it did not represent real people because it was targeted at real public figures of the time. Edit: In fact, satirizing public figures goes back a lot longer, Dante Aligheiri's 'The Divine Comedy' was written in 1308 and referred to numerous contemporary public figures. It also set the pattern for the visualization for Hell as it is described in Catholic dogma. The Divine Comedy is still a subject of instruction in University literature classes to this day.

Jay Davis

Thrilled you decided to let this gem slip through even though it didn't win. Thank you! Looking forward to watching... which I will do right now.

NotlobParrot

Simone's facial expression when the "We'll Meet Again" finale started was incredible. Great reaction!

Who Are These People
>>88477202

Did George and Simone ever realize it was the same actor? I didn't hear them acknowledge it. He was also going to have a 4th role as the bomber commander, but he wasn't confident in his Texan accent so it was given to Slim.

Who Are These People

If you want to see more Peter Sellers brilliance, check out 'The Pink Panther' (1963) and perhaps the sequel, 'A Shot in the Dark' (1964). Be prepared for a few dated racial stereotypes.

E.P.B.F.

Regarding Georges question of whether the Vaults in the Fallout games were inspired by Dr.Strangelove the answer is an emphatic Yes! Originally Interplay wanted to make a sequel to the game Wasteland that Brian Fargo (president of Interplay Productions) had made while still working at Electronic Arts but just couldn't get EA to sell the rights to them so they were forced to come up with their own original game setting. The result was Fallout, which took the the mechanics from the GURPS pen & paper RPG, Atompunk 50ies Retro-Future design, and mixed it all with mega dose of Dr. Strangelove black humor.

Kathy Ice

So, the thing with the gum was about General Turgidson being very sexually frustrated the entire movie. Remember that he and his secretary were having some grownup fun times before that phone call came in and interrupted everything.

Chris Lüders

Hello Simone and George, It's really nice that you watched an old movie and I hope you will watch more of them. There are so many good old time movies and I really want to recommend some of them for you: - Some like it hot (1959) - Operation Petticoat (1959) - We're No Angels (1955) - The Sting (1973) - Irma la Douce (1963) - Victor/Victoria (1983) Also some more serious older movies: - 12 Angry men (1957) - The Great Escape (1963) - In the Heat of the Night (1967) - Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - All the President’s Men (1976) - The African Queen (1951) ... and there are hundreds more of very good movies, even from other genres which I didn't mention, like western, historical dramas, heist movies or noir movies etc. Many of them (and all of the ones I recommend 😁) are of course without CGI and the modern possibilities of filming, but with very good actors, directors and a nice story. 😊

Robert Cooper
>>88509365

If you are leaning into political dramas, I would add "Advise and Consent" to it. Def a product of post- McCarthy Hollywood.

Joe D. MacGuffinstuff

"Oh the humanity!" Kubrick, even as young as he was was brilliant. Also, Peter Sellers was a fuckin comic genius. And is this where the first iteration of the fluoridization conspiracy theory came from?

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Oh HELL YES!!!

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>>88509365

There are thousands of great movies from the “era” you’re pulling from, but (regrettably) none of the films you listed come from the only genre that actually matters: Horror. I would *love* to see ANYONE, (but especially Simone & George), react to the film to top all films, the 1921 masterpiece, “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.” Now THAT would be something truly special :D

Sol-Edge

YES!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sooooo happy yaw saw this movie

JayF

Loved this reaction. I did find it a bit surprising that you didn't seem to notice Peter Sellers playing three different parts in the movie but I'm a fan of his so perhaps it was just easier for me to do so. Please add some more older movies as you can. There are so many great ones that you'd both enjoy. I'd love to see you react to - The Sting Close Encounters of the Third Kind Blazing Saddles Young Frankenstein North by Northwest Planet of the Apes (1968) Dirty Harry Rocky Smokey and the Bandit

Daniel Goldberg

This is one of my all time favorite films; it was great fun watching it again with you. What we call McCarthyism actually started with the House Unamerican Activities Commission (HUAC) in the 40’s, years before McCarthy, and damaged many more lives than McCarthy did. There is a good movie that portrays how the Hollywood blacklist, a product of McCarthyism (which itself was a product of the Cold War), affected and destroyed lives. It’s called “The Front” and stars Woody Allen. He’s just plays the lead role, he didn’t write or direct it. I highly recommend it.

MnemoniusMaxim

The film's reality and unreality combine to form what it felt like living through the era. The film is perfection in my opinion.

Corey Cordwell

First time watching this movie. It was a joy watching and laughing with you guys. 🙂

Logan Kerlee

I LOVE that you both watched this for the first time on here. hahaha, I've seen this movie so many times. I first watched back when I was in high school, I was 14 at the time. I wasn't giggling half as much as you two. xD lol, it made me so happy to watch this again! I'm a huge Kubrick fan. I know it'll never happen but I hope that we get to watch A Clockwork Orange on here, eventually! The movie is brilliant, terrible, and scary beyond words. If we don't get to watch it on here, I hope that ya'll watch it independently at some point. :)

Logan Kerlee
>>89124931

This is a treat to watch as a first movie! You'll be sure to enjoy many others with them as well. :)

Logan Kerlee
>>90840257

Here's an article written about the movie and it tells about many of the things that happened in the movie and of how Russians felt about it in general. shorturl.at/ghQXZ It's a good read!