Dr. Strangelove Newsletter
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The movie that changed Robin Williams’ life: “It struck me that comedy could hit that hard”
09 Feb 2025 18:41 GMT
… ’ performance in Stanley Kubrick’s classic war satire Dr Strangelove: or How … Williams marvelled during an American Film Institute interview, “and to … his characters in the film – a British RAF officer … matter of Kubrick’s movie also rewired Williams’ brain …
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The movie Peter Sellers wanted to delete from history: “He destroyed the whole film”
09 Feb 2025 18:42 GMT
… t want to make the movie anymore. Sellers was known … in Cyprus. The iconic Dr Strangelove star had brought 200 suitcases … his ideas to reshape the film, Sellers reportedly exclaimed, “ … film being deleted from history, because Columbia Pictures shelved the movie …
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The only Stanley Kubrick movie Pauline Kael didn’t hate: “The surprise is how enjoyable it is”
07 Feb 2025 00:37 GMT
… loathing for just about everything Stanley Kubrick made. She dismissed A … , and pornographic, shrugged off Dr Strangelove as a hollow cautionary tale … There was, however, one film of his that she actually … “Lolita isn’t a good movie,” she wrote, “[B]ut …
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Veep creator Armando Iannucci on adapting Dr. Strangelove and antagonising Elon Musk
05 Feb 2025 18:21 GMT
… that Steve Coogan plays is Dr Strangelove, who is this non-American … thought it was in the film. I went back and watched … of women throughout. In the film, there’s only one real … , there are new words in Dr. Strangelove the play, he assures me …
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The movie Margot Robbie refuses to finish watching: “I stop halfway before it gets to the sad stuff”
06 Feb 2025 04:44 GMT
… that captures the miracle of filmmaking and the wonder of … her own trajectory in the film industry, with the actor … love for film, she has highlighted projects such as Dr Strangelove, Harold and … However, while her love of film persists, there is one project …
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When Peter Sellers faked a heart attack to get out of shooting a movie: “As a person, he was insane”
05 Feb 2025 08:35 GMT
… borderline insane while making the movie – and that he may have … make the film, yet when he first arrived at the Dr Strangelove star … , so he began shooting the film around his supposed leading man … reportedly tried to get the movie shut down. He wasn’t …
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These 10 classic movies didn't win a single Oscar
05 Feb 2025 01:13 GMT
… feting the best films annually. Over the years, while movies like … film the first year it became a competitive category. (Previously, one movie … -less greats, Stanley Kubrick could have his own wing: "Dr. Strangelove" was …
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Trump’s Dr Strangelove playbook is working (for now)
28 Jan 2025 21:54 GMT
… is the essence of the Dr Strangelove playbook – that acting the madman … enemies into concessions.
In the movie, budget-constrained US generals save …
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Trapped in a prison of his own making: when Stanley Kubrick’s perfectionism got the better of him
28 Jan 2025 18:02 GMT
… down and watch one of Stanley Kubrick’s films, it doesn’t take … career was packed with classic movies that challenged mainstream cinema, offering … ’s career, with titles like Dr Strangelove and Lolita proving his proficiency …
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Trump and the Dr Strangelove experiment
28 Jan 2025 13:40 GMT
… is the essence of the Dr Strangelove playbook — that acting the madman … enemies into concessions. In the movie, budget-constrained US generals save …