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Salient. Official Newspaper of Victoria University of Wellington Students Association. Vol. 40 Number 4. March 21 1977

Double Feature Double Feature — Doctor Strangelove

Double Feature Double Feature

Doctor Strangelove

In my opinion this is the greatest film ever made. From what I can understand from writings on film from all around the world this film has had the most positive political impact of any film ever produced. The subject: The world engulfed in a nuclear holocaust The story is about a mad General who believes that the Dirty red Rusky commie rats are ruining the country's "purity of essence" by infiltrating the water system with flouride among other things So he sends a wing of B52 bombers to drop atomic bombs on dozens of Russian targets. The administrations in both countries try desperately to stop the mission but...

Peter Sellers...

Peter Sellers...

and Peter Sellers...

and Peter Sellers...

The film is brilliant in the extreme.—Its strength lies not only in its horrific theme or brilliant acting by Peter Sellers in three roles, but also in its structure, camera style, the background preparation, the set design the dialogue the performance of all the actors, the story line, etc etc... But I think more than anything the success of the film lies in Kubrick's complete control over his use of humour, (black humour).. The extremely funny and entertaining characters such as the mad Doctor Strange love, a military scientist, are combined with the unbearable consequences of what these people are doing to the world.

This is not merely some comedy that one might go and see if one felt like it, this is an experience of a lifetime even more so than watching Gizago on TV.

and Peter Sellers: Doctor Strangelove.

and Peter Sellers: Doctor Strangelove.