Dr. Kubrick: How I Learned To Love Your Films.

When I first read about this film on the internet I was unsure about whether I would like this film. Because Stanley Kubrick directed it with both Peter Sellers and George C. Scott in the leading roles of the film, I decided to watch it and I am ever so glad I did. The first time I saw it I really enjoyed it but after a second viewing of it, I absolutely loved it. Dr. Strangelove is a comedy but one that you won't literally laugh out load at because it is quite a serious story but has quite amusing characters especially Dr. Strangelove. The title of this film is very long and in a way it is quite a mysterious one to me because I don't fully get why it has to be so long. Dr. Strangelove is a film that I think is appreciated by most classic film fans and critics from all over the world but it won't really be appreciated or likable to people who either don't like classics, dark comedy or Kubrick/Sellers/Scott. My favourite shots of the film are where the planes are in the air and there are the beautiful settings of the mountains and fields. Depending on the angle of the plane, it looks like the plane is coming towards the camera, the camera is alongside the plane or the camera is following the plane.


Peter Sellers was a legendary actor with a very wide taste of comedy. His performance in this film was so serious and so funny at the same time especially when he was playing three characters. He portrays Group Captain Lionel Mandrake who is a British exchange officer, President Merkin Muffley who is the American Commander-In-Chief and Dr. Strangelove who is a disabled ex-Nazi war expert. Dr. Strangelove was my favourite character in this film because he was the comedy of this film and he was a very tight character to watch. Peter Sellers' Dr Strangelove voice was absolutely fantastic that was quite frightening at times especially with his facial expressions when he speaks to people. Peter Sellers should have won the Best Leading Actor Oscar instead of Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady. George C. Scott was awesome too as General Buck Turgidson. The whole cast was mostly men with only one woman cast in this film. That woman was Tracy Reed who was Miss. Scott. Miss. Scott is the secretary and mistress of General Buck Turgidson. She only appeared in one scene in this film.


I absolutely love the very beginning and the very end of this film because it shows the pure beauty of what the film is going to bring despite the genre. Also did it because it was about the possible ending of the world but those scenes proved the beauty and innocence of the world. Kubrick did this for the beginning and end of 2001: A Space Odyssey too which was absolutely brilliant. I think that Dr. Strangelove was his breakthrough film despite Paths Of Glory because after Dr. Strangelove, Kubrick truly does what he can do regarding the art of cinema and how he creates the characters and writes the scripts for them. Most black comedies are very original but because it was a film that involves quite a complex dialogue. Kubrick was nominated for Best Director in this film. Dr. Strangelove should have won all the Oscars it was nominated for including Best Picture 1964. Kubrick should have had an Oscar for A Clockwork Orange and 2001: A Space Odyssey too.


Dr. Strangelove is an absolutely phenomenal masterpiece that is the most famous black-comedy of all time and it is one of my favourites of that kind. Kubrick is one of my close favourite directors so Dr. Strangelove is the fourth best film from him after A Clockwork Orange, The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut. It isn't 5-stars but it is very, very close to reaching that rating. When I watch it again in the future and love it more, it could be 5-stars. Dr. Strangelove is a beautifully filmed masterpiece that I think I will love more as I watch it more.