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Review: The film Doctor Strangelove is genius incarnate. Probably the funniest film I have ever seen, it left me literally in tears for the final rolling credits, certainly the funniest apocalypse I'll ever experience. George C Scott's performance as the president's military advisor is superb, and whilst superbly crazy and all too worrying from a sober perspective, is almost perfectly how I picture every military advisor to be, which is the scariest part of all. And of course, what hasn't already been said about Peter Sellers' rolls here isn't worth saying. Dr Strangelove is one of the most memorable characters on film, whether he's meant to represent Teller or von Braun. "Mein Fuhrer! I can walk!" Although this film was made in an age when the possibility of nuclear war was constantly on the cards, so the general public were informed, it loses nothing of its charm and humour today. As a child of the era, however, the film was a major morale booster to my family, as it showed that even in the face of total annihilation, man had the power to laugh at his misfortunates. |
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