LEARNING TO LOVE THE BOMB: A Retrospective on Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove
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CHAPTERS
0:00 The Atomic Bomb: the Old Story of Mankind
4:28 The Humor of Horrors & the Comedy of Contradictions
10:10 The Truth of Fiction & the Horrifying Facts of Dr. Strangelove
27:25 Modernity is Impotence: A Parable of the Helpless Human in the Modern World
39:16 The Fallibility of Man & the Determinism of Survival
44:23 Philosophy From the Ruins: The New Problems of Modernity from the Perspective of Japanese Philosophers
49:46 Technology Always Has Consequences: Prometheus & the Fire that Burns Friend & Foe
56:04 Living in a World of Shallow Connection: the Symbols of Dr. Strangelove
1:07:27 Learning to Love the Bomb: Finding Freedom in Contradiction & Self-Sacrifice
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• Inside the Making of D...
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First Nuclear Reactor, U.S. Department of Energy
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Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was True
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The Half-Century Anniversary of “Dr. Strangelove”
www.newyorker.com/culture/cul...
Curtis Lemay
Victor Davis Hanson, “The Soul Of Battle: From Ancient Times To The Present Day, Three Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny”
archive.nytimes.com/www.nytim...
Col Phillip S. Meilinger, USAF, Retired, How LeMay Transformed Strategic Air Command
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V-2 Rockets
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“V-2 Rocket, Britannica
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I've divided this video into chapters to make it easier to watch in segments. It's long, but I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out. Even though it gets into deep conceptual waters halfway through, I know many of you will enjoy the challenge. Hope you all have been doing well!
0:00 The Atomic Bomb: the Old Story of Mankind
4:28 The Humor of Horrors & the Comedy of Contradictions
10:10 The Truth of Fiction & the Horrifying Facts of Dr. Strangelove
27:25 Modernity is Impotence: A Parable of the Helpless Human in the Modern World
39:16 The Fallibility of Man & the Determinism of Survival
44:23 Philosophy From the Ruins: The New Problems of Modernity from the Perspective of Japanese Philosophers
49:46 Technology Always Has Consequences: Prometheus & the Fire that Burns Friend & Foe
56:04 Living in a World of Shallow Connection: the Symbols of Dr. Strangelove
1:07:27 Learning to Love the Bomb: Finding Freedom in Contradiction & Self-Sacrifice
@J That sounds like a cool airshow!
This is a great exploration of themes & philosophies. You've created great literature here. Indeed *so great that I wish it reaches beyond the few "already saved".* I don't at all have a problem with Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, itself an oustanding work of literature, being the center piece, but I think it has the problem I alluded to above of shooting its own foot, limiting its reach by needing to be "already saved" & capable of *venturing into a "boring old black & white movie" &having patience to read,a mongst others, *Søren Kierkegaard.* If you too are aware of this problem, then I'd love to see a re-structure. Find the main theme(s) (maybe something about regardng technology as a Godly inevitability or a religion), construct a *series of videos around the themes,* starting with the shortest of all, a video that manages to attract most. Then episode after episode explore the bodies of art/literature (Kubricks & others, maybe science fiction, or even maybe Startrek) to get deep. Who knows how many episodes this can inspire and how global your ideas can be shared and discussed. No matter *thumbs up for your ability to stay focused* (most of the time at least ;)) even when branching your prallels so wide, & *thanks* for your due dilligence.
Thank you. I'm old enough to have seen this when I was in high school. Saw it with my family, and was struck that the others in the theater didn't laugh very much. Dad had a realistic attitude. Asked why we had no fallout shelter, he pointed West and then South. "Over there the jet engine factory is 15 miles away, and down there is the sub base, 20 miles away. We won't have to worry about fallout."
@@brianbuch1 yeah. All that protect & survive, paint yer windows white cobblers wasn't much use where we were in west London. Northolt airdrome , heathrow, nortwood hills comms, etc etc. Plus ole Nelson copping a 200kt on tricorn hat. All in all, not a good day out!
Von Braun was a next level genius and if you were on his side he would be a hero. If you really want to see evil rewarded check out the Japanese "doctor" who systematically experimented on living humans developing poison gas and other horrors brought here given a home and money and labs to work in.
“It says here in this history book that luckily, the good guys have won every single time. What are the odds?” - Norm MacDonald
RIP Norm, what a man.
I, like nearly everyone, didn't even know he was sick.
Words in all languages can't describe how much I hate that stupid phrase, it isn't accurate at all
@@kidfox3971 I'm sure you aren't affected by the propaganda, right?
You do realize that this is a JOKE, right?
Yhis goes for both sides.
...and God didn't make a bigger fan of Norm, than me.
@@edwells4769 Stop talking like a fucking video game character, not everything in history is some bullshit conspiracy from Deus Ex.
I think the message of the film is succinctly packaged in the one line - "gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
Makes me laugh every time!
Ditto, to the max!
A hilarious version of that ... contradiction ... is in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace where a hospital director breaks up a brawl in the cafeteria by firing shotgun shots into the ceiling to get attention and shouting: _"Knock it off, you two! This is a hospital, for God's sake!"_ 😆
George C. Scott is absolutely genius funny in this film. The scene where he trips and falls to the floor was not scripted, but he rolled and popped back up and finished the scene likle it didn't happen. They kept it in the final cut. Just hilarious.
Wouldn't it be nice if "Dr. Strangelove" was a time capsule of an era that is, thankfully, behind us? The lessons in this deceptively serious comedy are just as timely now as when it was made.
It was never behind us. Instead of three weapons on every US target, there are two.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver you realize that the Soviet plan and intention in a nuclear war was to nuke the world so that after the war everyone would be equally destroyed in such a way as that no country could have any advantage over the soviets right?
@@RideAcrossTheRiver and consider how different the world would be if mao had had nuclear weapons. Read what he said about them. Compare that to Truman’s decision to not use them in the Korean War. Had they been used their use would not be the taboo it is today
I was thinking about 'Fail Safe', i read book then saw film...reminds me of seeing the 'Wargame' at 13. Existential crisis? Get ready!
Behind us? Literally never been more relevant.
Oppenheimer won the Oscar this movie deserved 60 years ago. Rest in Peace, Stanley Kubrick.
Curtis LeMay saying “I don’t see any other solution except military action now” during the Cuban Missile Crisis - that, gentleman, is why you don’t let generals run America. When your hand is holding the hammer, all you can see are nails.
@Cody Laumeister No generals ran Germany or the Soviet Union during World War II. It is not the rank that matters it is the person that matters. You sound like another ideological idiot.
And yet, the USA had ex-generals who became Presidents, Eisenhower being the last. It was probably the Romans who started this.
That's why trump was the most peaceful leader America had in generations. He asked them questions they couldn't answer - like what's our exit strategy?
@@johnglenn2539 exactly, he was too good, made too many enemies and they rigged the election.
Eisenhower also successfully restrained military brass from grabbing authority to make decisions about nuking China in defense of Taiwan. They basically complained that their air forces cannot really do their job but are stripped of their identity and purpose if they are not allowed to decide such things on their own.
I watched this movie earlier this year to ease my mind, but it backfired horribly as i realized our centers of power are filled with comedy figures like these.
And we absolutely cannot distance ourselves from this grotesque ritual of sacrifice, as we're the extras who play the tragic role while the anonymous public laughs about us passing with Wilhelm' Scream.
"We'll meet again" is the the truest and most poignant point of the film. "For this is all a dream we dreamed one afternoon long ago" -- Jerry Garcia
"Be seeing you." -- The Prisoner
"At least I'm enjoying the ride"Bob Weir
Junky
The music to the song you quote was written by Phil Lesh "Box of Rain" and the lyrics, like most Grateful Dead songs was written by Robert Hunter. And for that matter, why the hell did you quote the song?
"Apparently the NY Times has been fake news for a long time." - Hilarious!
Great job on this video.
Yeah, I lol'd :D
I had to pause after that so I wouldn't miss hearing anything over the laughter.
check out the Mr.Jones movie if you are curious just how much
I once read a 1960s article by the NYT, came off to me as liberal garbage the same way they do now. Some things never change for the JYT uh I mean the NYT.
That is easily applied to every news source. They all rely on fallible humans to gather the news.
Dr. Strangelove is a classic because it resonates with us on various levels, mainly using absurdity to illustrate some maybe uncomfortables realities. Pretty ahead of it's time. Another movie from five years earlier, A Face In The Crowd with Andy Griffith was ahead of it's time in the same way, showing what society would not only accept but clamor for.
Great underrated movie, A Face In The Crowd, however, there's nothing new under the sun.
I don't recognize all of the music in your video, but some of your choices intrigue me.
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Paul Dukas) -- A young magician is brought to the brink of disaster because he summons a spirit he cannot control.
The Isle of the Dead (Sergei Rachmaninov) -- A symphonic poem painting a musical picture of our inevitable march towards death.
Selections from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Jeremy Soule) -- A cult leader begins a chain of events that will bring about the fiery end of the world, and the safeguards put in place to stop it are just next door to useless.
I wish I recognized every piece and understood its thematic connection to the topic, but that's all I've got.
Glad someone appreciates my music selection! Most of the music does indeed have a deeper meaning pertaining to the video, and you nailed it with your guesses. Much of the first part of the video used selections from Bruckner’s 3rd Symphony-no deeper meaning, just thought it fit perfectly. But I also used a lot of music from the soundtrack for the video game Journey, which captures some of the themes I wanted to reflect.
@@EmpireoftheMind what was the final music?
@@mikehogan3741 From the Skyrim soundtrack: a track called “Wind Guide You”
Don’t forget Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens
No mention of Game theory or the Rand Corp? Von Neumann or the prisoners’ dilemma? Maybe less with the inconsequential, useless poetry and philosophy (in this context) from Shakespeare or Kierkegaard which is just a callow attempt at trenchant erudition.
“A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune
Cheers.
Watching this while recovering from food poisoning. Wanted something to distract me from feeling bad, but instead I got this amazing take on an amazibg movie. Strong connections to Girard's notion of sacrifice in your admonition to embrace self-sacrifice. Thank you for your videos!
Thankfully I have this on DVD. I have seen this many times and it never gets old. Please keep up the good work. Thank you.
You have this TH-cam video on DVD?
@@ctravis91 hey o!
The performances of Peter Sellers in this film were the gratest acting performances ever.
Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!
He wasn't nominated for best.actor. Ripped through the Oscars in an interview just before the votes. Hilarious.
I find it funny how, whenever a technological problem arises, people never blame the technology. The technology is treated as perfect, or something that could be perfect if only developed properly. At no point is a less advanced or more human-focused approach considered - the technological solution is valuable because it is technological. This mentality continues even in situations where the cost - both monetary and physical - of a technology outstrip its benefits.
Meanwhile, humans are treated as a problem - a technical flaw only to be used when no available technology can perform their duties and to be removed as soon as convenient. We're not really a part of modern society anymore. We're a defective cog in a massive machine, and one that machine desperately wants to replace.
What are the consequences of a system that views humans as a technical flaw?
yep, fucking hilarious
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A system that ignores man's many flaws would be a disaster.
I’m a transistorized, transgenederized, transmogrified trans-human
A corporatized, commercialized, industrial-strength consumer
A goal setting, gym sweating, debt fretting freak
A social climbing net-worker that’s always on heat
I got my education, majoring in indoctrination
Where they taught me to comply, to never question why
And so I’m chasing an illusion, of success that’s a delusion
That is sending me insane, exploding my brain
And as we teeter on the brink, soon to be extinct
I always wear a smile, coz I'm living in denial
Well the classic example of the neutral tool is the hammer, but those god-damned things have caused me a lot more personal grief than any form of atomic energy. I hope Dante throws them into their own circle of hell in the form of a thundering kettledrum.
Technology has (as yet) no agency, no will, and therefore no intrinsic morality. Certainly, destroy the means of tyrany if you can, but recognise the tyrant is a fellow human.
Exactly: e.g., what could possibly go wrong: being driven in a driverless car?
44:00 when I was a little kid, I was scared of going into my family's basement alone. I thought there would be some terrible thing down there waiting for me. But I was never scared that the thing would come upstairs. It would stay in the dark, it would not come into the light. Bradbury described this perfectly as "the thing at the top of the stairs." And I've heard other people describe it, but the most basic motif seems to be that this "thing," this monster, is waiting for you. It will not find you. You have to find it- you have to go down and find it. The monster can only get you once you've seen it. Maybe it's childish superstition, or maybe it's true that some caves should stay dark....
lol
Or Finally you go down stairs face the monster, only then can you realize it doesn't exist, You gave it life and you can destroy it too.
Damn it! Go down there. Find it! Grab it! Pull it into the light.
And decide for yourself if it needs killing.
You look into the abyss long enough it will eventually look back at you. See Stephen king's "Nightflyer".
@@whereswaldo5740 Yes!
A masterpiece of commentary as always!
It's been a while, I was so excited when i saw your channel's notification.
An eye opening to our human currant of cognitive development of mindset... isn't it..? 😁😊...
Hmmm how I wish the evolution of our human species cognitive mindset evolve as a species ambitions and not personal ambitions.
This was excellent brother, I’m really glad you’re back. Thank you again and looking forward to more of your thoughts in the future.
Dr. Strangelove has been my favorite movie since forever. So I've watched and read everything I could about it. This is the best treatment I've seen of it. Thank you.
Well this was a pleasant surprise.
So glad I found your channel somehow last year. Thank you much, its appreicated. Maybe even more than you think.
I often wonder if the last thing we might hear is a politician saying "were just following the science"
This might be one of the best videos I’ve ever seen. It helps that I consider Dr. Strangelove the best film I’ve ever seen
True.
I hear that George C. Scott was very unhappy with the end: Stanley did for the ending in a number of shots while telling the actors "just going to loosen up here" for the first ones. He saved the shots to make the film.
And I love Peter Sellers, times three: Group Captain Mandrake, President Merkin Muffley, and Doctor Strangelove. Everyone differently interesting.
G. S. was supurbe as the A. F. general who only wants to fulfill the capability of "his boys" in the worst of circumstances.
@@jpkatz1435 It is what they are trained for.
At least used to be.
Kubrick wanted Sellers to play Major Kong, as well, but Sellers felt that would have been a bit too much for him to take on.
That's pretty shitty if true, I'd be pissed as an actor if a director did that to me. No wonder Scott never forgave him.
It could really impact one's career if you sign up to do a serious film and you end up with highly controversial satirical comedy on your resume when you trying to be a serious actor, and you wouldnt have signed up to it otherwise...
For a real Peter Sellers treat, watch Lolita! He comes off somewhat Satanic…!
The Cold War was so popular they brought it back for a sequel!
When I first started watching, I didn't think I'd bother going through the whole thing. But I'm glad I did, a great collection of connected thoughts (but not too connected, lol..). Very thought provoking, thanks for making it.
amazing videos as always, i really enjoyed watching every second of this video. its very entertaining to see all of this references to philosophers and conceptualizations. thanks man
This channel is gold! Thank you for such great content! This video is the best I have seen so far for this great movie
How is your channel so hopelessly underrated? Your videos are gold.
Bravo! Excellent work on this video. I’m enjoying your channel a lot. Thank you for making the effort and delivering in a fine way
Probably the best thing I’ve ever seen on the internet. Deeply analytical and thought provoking.
This was as brilliant a thesis as I have ever heard. I've subscribed, and look forward to more. Thank you so much!
I loudly applaud your video. It is one of the videos I have seen. It explores many fundamental existencial questions that are very baffling and pertinent to the present moment.
the ending was a perfect mic drop. paralleled with the dramatic theatrical beginning. amazing, great essay
Bravo, good sir. 👍 top notch content. Some of the best and most thought provoking on youtube.
It took me about a hundredth of a second to determine the next 1 hour, 16 minutes, and 22 seconds of my life. When I saw a new Empire of the Mind video about my all-time favorite movie, all I could do was watch. Thank you so much for this analysis on embracing fate, and chaos.
This…like Kubrick’s film, is brilliant. Thank you for the time and effort you spent to bring this to us.🖤🇨🇦
Yes his forays into Shakespeare, Plato, et al were a welcome surprise
Brilliant film..Brilliant analysis! Once I started watching it I was hooked. Please carry on this theme..you pack a punch stripping back the layers and understanding what Kubrick was all about. Look forward to your next vid😁👍👍
Loved the background music (I'm a huge fan of Jeremy Soule's work in Skyrim) but even more than that, great video. While I have not yet watched this movie, I really appreciated the great nuggets of wisdom pulled from this film. As a massive Carl Jung nerd, I heard the words alchemy, magic, and mythology come in to the video and a beaming smile stretched across my face and I was not disappointed. The stories of Epimetheus and Prometheus always struck me on a deep level. It took me a long time to understand why I was so fascinated by world mythology, only a few years ago realizing the stories were true, psychologically speaking. I thank Jordan Peterson for that. Your videos were greatly missed these last few months but my friend, you delivered and it was well worth the wait.
Thanks my friend! Glad there are other people out there interested in these kinds of things!
The "Way of the Voice" is strong in you...
@@EmpireoftheMind I am afraid that we are only few people to like that !
I hate Jordan Peterson for most of his opinions and theories, and he is badly informed on topics he speaks about, but his work on symbolic meaning of myths and religions is interesting. Shame that he has become just another propagator of conservatism, Christianity and hate, though.
A truly brilliant documentary - more than worthy of the film itself. Very well done! And thank you! I look forward to more.
Terrific essay! I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. What more is there to say? You left a whole lot in my mind to ponder. Thank you.
The wait was certainly worth it - a wonderful piece of work.
That was so indepth and detailed so much better than anything I've ever seen on television. If there were TH-cam Oscars it would get my vote in the Documentary section.
Marvelous work! I am impressed at the depth of research and insight you've commited to this retrospective. If only more people understood the distillation of knowledge into wisdom you've laid out in a movie from one of the greatest storytellers of our age and those of ages past. I will be recommending this to others and subscribing to your channel. 👍
Watch again and enjoyed just as much as the first time. Keep up the great work.
This was absolutely amazing. And, well, horrifyingly prophetic. Strangelove has always been a favorite of mine, and now even more so. Thank you.
Lemay's strategy of flying low was a practical choice. The B-29 was designed as a high level bomber, but due to the jet streams over Japan they couldn't target their bombs accurately. They had to fly low, at greater danger of fighter interception and anti aircraft flak.
God I forgot how wonderfully vivid Scott’s performance is in this. I’m due for another viewing!
"Jet exhaust frying chickens in the barnyard! Has he got a chance!!"
The acting in this film was a masterclass in all regards. It should have swept the academy awards.
Outstanding Analysis and Commentary…!
Bloody Well Done!
And for the life of me… After seeing this film Numerous times, I have it on VHS and DVD, only Today did I twig to “Jack D Ripper”… Face Palm!
While I Love this movie’s Attention To Detail, Word Play and Great Ensemble Cast… Slim Pickens Major “King” Kong has always been my favorite.
Cheers!
BRAVO!! This is a wonderful thesis on this film and its deeper meanings.
My hat is off to you sir.
Fascinating narrative I almost forgot this video was about Dr Strangelove. Bravo to the writer who in my old age has reminded me of both mythology and the meaning behind this film.
If I meet you at the gates of the New Jerusalem, I'm going to tell you personally how great these videos are.
Well done. Profound meaning, derived from an odd movie.
All this reminds me of my favorite Edward Abbey quote. "Growth for the sake of growth, is the ideology of the cancer cell".
That was beautiful, bravo and encore Learning to love the bomb is like learning to be okay with your own mortality
my new favorite channel, this is quality work !
Wonderful appreciation of this masterpiece. Your deep dive into the historical background and even deeper into the philosophical ideas it embodies is mesmerizing. Though I wish you'd have finished with "We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when" as in the song. But I'm sure you had your reasons. I saw this great film on its initial release. It was my mother's idea together with her best friend. I was 12 and didn't understand most of it, but still enjoyed it. Now, over half a century later, I love it, Kubrick my favorite director since 2001 (the film, not the year). So thank you for this mind-expanding delight of a video.
This is my favorite comedy and Stanly Kubrick film. Truly amazing from beginning to end. It’s a shame Peter Sellers didn’t win the Academy Award for this film as I believe this film has his best work in it. Shows how diverse he was as each character he plays is unique and different. Truly a master of his craft, which is the same with Stanley Kubrick. He also should have won some Academy Awards for this, but My Fair Lady was the darling of that award season. I always love rewatching this film and watching the making of documentaries and featurettes on the Blu-Ray. Thank you for the video man, keep up the great work!
this has been my favorite movie for decades. Simply brilliant.
Thanks! Great Video! I just subbed based on your use of Bruckner 3 at the beginning. All throughout the video, your use of music is very clever! Very well done! Jeff
Thank you so much, Jeff! The support means the world. Love Bruckner’s 3rd… and it fit so perfectly that it almost seemed providential!
This channel is too damn good! How have I not found it until now!!?
I just found it today. I don't know how I missed it!
Brilliantly researched and presented; thank you!
Wow! Those FG recordings of LeMay! Another exceptional video and I'm not even halfway through 👏👏👏
I have never known you to put out anything other than S tier content and now you give us an hour plus? I don't know if my body is ready.
People like you make it worth the effort! Thanks man!
Best channel I've found in quite some time
The writing on this is amazing, the references the poetry just a perfect retrospective in my humble opinion - am I really watching youtube!
"No fighting in the war room" 😂 , such a great movie that sill as relevant today more than ever. Great video. 👍
This one went waaay deep! Loving it! Thanks
This is a magnificent film analyses. Maybe the greatest I’ve ever seen.
Wow, I just expected another run-of-the-mill Strangelove homage or what passes for youtube for "analysis" and just clicked out of sheer boredom. What an impressive surprise to get a video that goes far beyond the film and at the same time shows Kubrick's genius and the repetitious timelessness of our folly. Kudos to you for the time and effort you put into this - worth every minute.
I've listened to tis piece before and lately has become current and timely... You are so good!
Over the last 30 years, it occurred to me that the elected presidents are not so much statesmen as representatives for a preexistant agenda. It is as if a proposed cabinet is paired up with the front running candidate. The elected president then acts as a liaison between the people and a hidden agenda. This system was tested with the 2016 election of Donald Trump, a man full of divisive bombast but more than willing to fulfill the needs of the agenda. He had no trouble until he imagined that he could govern and that was until he ran against the Neo-liberal forces in Ukraine. When he tried to f*ck with the arms deal in Ukraine is when he was first impeached. Trump was interfering with a work in progress, “a proxy war with Russia with Ukraine as a pawn. I would never vote for Trump but I see my vote for Biden is a fateful mistake.
I too, think the score of Skyrim is epic and apropos to the topic. You sir are an eclectic after my own heart of 65 years studying these very things. Subbed, liked and well deserved young master.
You've been digging into Heidegger again, I see...
Great video. Worth the wait. I thank the gentleman.
I'm surprised that with the contrast of power and helplessness in Peter Seller's characters, you never mentioned his work in "Being There." If you've not seen it, it's some of Seller's best work and directly deals with the hapless leader.
I’ll definitely have to look that up.
@@EmpireoftheMind It's a fun one, have your universal remote handy!
Hmmmm...."Being There" also was a massive reveal of who actually Peter Sellers really was....
Agreed. An excellent movie, way better than Forest Gump.
"I like to watch".
Although i do not agree with some, and do not have the background to assess other connections you make, i do applaud this video as one of the most thought provoking and question-mark-raising things i have ever witnessed. Bravo, sir !
34:10 -- RE: The short sequence currently on-screen -- In a film with dozens maybe hundreds of funny moments, this is one of my favorites. Watch the dude playing the Soviet Ambassador very carefully. Peter Sellers is so funny with physical humor, that dude cannot help but crack up laughing a little when the "Alien Hand Syndrome" kicks in. Dr. Strangelove is a perfectly formed character, whether evil genius, or pragmatic madman.
TL;DR -- The essential problem philosophically IMHO is that Evil is not opposed to Good, but to Righteousness. Ripper is not seeking to do the Good thing, but is acting in what he construes to be a Righteous way, and that is precisely why he puts Group Captain Mandrake through a mini-induction with respect to his core Beliefs, be they Rightwise or Bezoomny. Likewise, the President muddles his way through the crisis and rising action by consistently playing Righteous indignation when Turgidson or the Russian Premier displease and/or accuse him of inappropriate behavior.
George Scott steals so many scenes in this movie for me. Even more hilarious that he thought he was making a serious film and Kubrick allegedly used his warm up silly takes in the finished movie and the geezer never forgave him for mugging him off 😅
I love it when Strangelove's rogue hand purposely turns his wheelchair on him, mid sentence.
A dissertation worthy of a doctorate - thank you !
Howdy do! As soon as you showed up on my feed I went and checked your channel out and then subscribed. It looks very interesting and I am happy to have found it.
Somehow your video on A Clockwork Orange showed up in my feed. I truly enjoyed it and shared it with my son.
Then, I wanted to watch this. ACO Adam Dr. Strangelove are 2 amazing movies. And Kubrick was an amazing director.
Your in-depth analysis about the moral of these movies is greatly appreciated.
I've subbed and will definitely be here for more.
Thank you JJ
Edit**the communists have infiltrated the US and flouride in the water (among other things) has pacified us.
We should have listened to Yuri, McCarthy and Patton.
I'll have to watch it again. I was young and probably understood it totally differently than I would now.
You crystallised some of the things in my mind, thank you.
Man, the history of fission at the into - it's incredibly well done. Good on ya sir.
‘Kierkegaard couldn’t possibly have imagined a ‘flying machine’ such as a…’ wth man lol
you're my new youtube hero pls keep going
Fascinating video...helps to complete the understanding of this masterpiece.
Best analysis of the film I've ever seen, and I've been studying it for 50 years.
Very interesting take on "free will and determinism" debate. The characters behave as though they can change outcomes when in fact annihilation was determined the moment the bomb was created. Every moment is determined by the moments immediately preceding it, all the way back to the Big Bang.
Great video! Can't wait for the Barry Lyndon one
My father was the pilot of a SAC ( Strategic Air Command ) Bomber that carried two hydrogen bombs. This movie described the Soviet’s practice of the operating a “ doomsday “” device. In reality, the Soviets did have such a program until place until the mid nineties. My father would point out the various aspects of the technical issues and how accurate/inaccurate various of the plane and how they would work to solve the problems that the crew encounters . I remember that our watching this movie became a ritual of sorts for us, though he would always prefece his comments as being simply “ fictional “. He never violated his security codes in discussing this with me.
39:00 YOU made a beautiful picture right there. Describes the film perfectly.
Well done, Empire of the Mind. Well done.
After the Air Force, I worked for Sylvania on the B-58 Hustler program in what was once Buffalo's old Pierce Arrow plant. The beautiful but ill-fated B-58 of "Failsafe" was one of my favs. When the program was killed, I ended up with some of the plane's subminiature vacuum tubes. 59 years later, I still have those tubes, in their original boxes.
Some of our military laughed their butts off when they reverse-engineered a defected Soviet aircraft - no semiconductors - until they realized vacuum tubes are EMP-proof.
Really impressive job. 👏 thank you!
G'day ‘Empire’, Without doubt the best analysis of Kubrick's iconic tragi-comedy I've seen to date. I'm a retired film critic/reviewer who avoids the trap of, "What's your favourite film?" by saying that, across all genres, I have 25 top films. From decade to decade, sometimes I make small additions and subtractions from this list yet 'Dr Strangelove...', has always kept its place.
In 2015, while in Paris, I found an excellent, signed copy of 'Red Alert' by Peter Bryant (pen name of Peter George).
I was already aware of the circumstances of how Peter George became involved with Stanley Kubrick. I was so engrossed in reading 'Red Alert' that I stayed at our daily 'breakfast bistro' well past lunch, as my wife went to see her galleries and museums.
Paris figures in the book as one of the 'natural' targets slated for destruction; a vision that was hard to grasp while sitting in this timelessly beautiful city. I simply could not envisage its absence from the Earth.
Later that night, I'd finished 'Red Alert' and although I had previously read of Kubrick's great dilemma of being 'forced' to make his film a black comedy; it was not until that compelling read, on that day, that I came to fully understand Kubrick's reasoning.
It truly was the only way that, at the time of filming, he could do it. A straight film version of the serious 'Red Alert' story was not, I knew for certain, possible.
It also became clear to me why the Henry Fonda vehicle, 'Fail Safe' never quite worked for me. A gripping story, to be sure, but far too depressing, or perhaps just 'empty'.
Peter George, who struck up a friendship with Kubrick, was angered and hurt at the comedy road the director had chosen for his storyline. There were, we are told, arguments and periods of silence between the two; yet they, obviously, patched that up as Peter took on a novelisation of 'Dr Strangelove..." as a favour for Kubrick and a handy money maker for him.
I wish the story had ended, happily, there.
Peter George was a deeply troubled man. An RAF pilot during WW2; he decided he couldn't function well out of uniform and upon regaining his commission, he was trained as an Operations Dispatcher whose job it was to send off nuclear capable bombers and fast jet interceptors; training for the RAF's response to a nuclear attack from Russia. He continued writing in his quiet times and when off duty.
Apparently unable to shake his certainty that just such a conflict was inevitable; sometime later, he was found, alone, with a discharged shotgun by his side. His death was recorded as a suicide.
It was my 'Paris read' of 'Red Alert' that shook me deeply and helped to seal my opinion that Stanley Kubrick precisely saw the potential dangers in an accurate film of Peter's dark story.
Please don't let my opinions about 'Red Alert' deter anyone from reading this powerful book. It's masterfully written and provides the best, first hand, interpretation of the severity of the Cold War I've ever read. Times, of course, have changed and, now, I think ‘Red Alert’ deserves to be filmed, as it appears in Peter’s book.
Thank you again, 'Empire' for this truly brilliant video.
Cheers, Bill H.
Even if Sellers was improvising things on the set, the fact that Kubrick used them in the final film indicates he picked improvisations that fit with his theme and more than likely influenced Sellers to improvise along certain lines.
Brilliant! A Sunday afternoon listen in my kitchen cooking beef bourguignon … ☺️👍
As a Kubrick fan boy, this is by far my favorite movie. I could watch this over and over again and never tire of it. Peter Sellars deserved an Academy Award for his performances. I think this movie is when Kubrick emerged from his cocoon fully formed, ready to make his mark as one of the greatest and visionary film makers of the 20th century.
George Scott is so underrated. He's my favourite in the whole film.
Sellers could have won best actor and best supporting actor for two different roles in the same film.
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So good I watched it twice. Thank you.