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1964
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is a 1964 political satire black comedy film co-written, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick. It is loosely based on the thriller novel Red Alert (1958) by Peter George, who wrote the screenplay with Kubrick and Terry Southern. Financed and released by Columbia Pictures, the film was a co-production between the United States and the United…
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A devastating satire on the Cold War and nuclear weapons Una sátira demoledora sobre la guerra fría y el armamento nuclear Compared to other great names in film history, Stanley Kubrick's filmography is brief, little more than a dozen films; however, his impact and talent are undeniable. We owe him such diverse gems as *Spartacus*, *A Clockwork Orange*, *Barry Lyndon*, *The Shining*, and the iconic *2001: A Space Od…More
In almost any area of the human endeavour true greatness is measured not in great achievements, but in the obstacles that had laid in their path. So, the truly great filmmakers aren't those who made good or great films, but those who defied the odds in doing so. One of the best examples is great Stanley Kubrick, whose best known and most cherished contributions to the Seventh Art sprang up from the various bizarre c…More
With Stanley Kubrick's seventh film, everything could turn out differently. The director himself acknowledged that he had been particularly interested in nuclear weapons in the 1950s and had read about eighty books and contacted several experts dealing with this issue. So he found the novel Red Alert (1958) by Peter George and redeemed the screening rights so that he would soon start working on the script with the a…More
