Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Summary:

Kubrick’s brilliant satire makes a mockery of global superpowers and the elites leading them, at the height of the Cold War. A deranged American general sets the wheels of nuclear war in motion, and the film depicts – with macabre humor – the bureaucratic, Kafkaesque processes that will eventually lead to the end of the world. An extraordinary film, teeming with apocalyptic gags that coalesce into a chilling statement on the end of humanity as a technocratic blunder. Featuring Peter Sellers – hilarious to the point of tears – in a triple role. A smart, cynical film that retains its sharp and wit over sixty years after its debut.