Dr. Strangelove

Isn't it true that art imitates life? Never is this so true as in the art world of American film media. In one form or another, every aspect of American culture has been depicted in film since it hit the "big screen" in the first quarter of the last century. Particularly since the 1960s, American film has examined undercurrents of the eras. Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, familiarly known as simply Dr. Strangelove, is an especially potent, albeit satirical, look at the American fear of nuclear war following the Cuban Missile Crisis in the 1960s.

The movie takes place in the early 1960s during the Cold War. An insane US Air Force General, Jack Ripper, obsessed by his fears of "the communist conspiracy," orders the B-52 long range bombers under his command to launch a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. Only General Ripper has the code that will recall the bombers. Once the bombers are on their way, he seals off his base

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