Dr. Strangelove was an interesting and funny movie. The character of Dr. Strangelove was odd... the way the director chose to represent how the characters have no control over their bodies or what their doing was rather innovative. The arm trying to strangle the doctor was really a great scene.
The parallels to Runaway Train are everywhere, yet this is not quite on the same level as Runaway Train for me. The Cold War was one of the more fascinating wars because it was not a war in the typical sense. The building of nuclear weapons for mutual destruction was stupidly human. The entire world could have gone up in flames over a single mistake. The phone booth scene was absolutely ridiculous. The whole world is about to be blown up and they are short a quarter.
Dr. Strangelove provided a great prompt for deep thought. It's certainly a movie to watch over a couple of times to really get everything.
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