Dr. Strangelove Resources
Websites
The Turner Classic Movies site tells you all you need to know about Strangelove and more.
This fan-site has everything you ever did and didn't want to know about the amazing director.
Someone just hadto do a Lego version.
Book or TV Adaptations
Read the totally serious thriller that spawned the totally hilarious film.
The same year Strangelove was released, another film, Fail Safe,told the story of an accidental first-strike nuclear attack by the U.S. against the Soviets. This movie was deadly serious, though. It scared the crap out of everyone who saw it.
Articles and Interviews
Click here for a great review of the film on its 50th anniversary.
More from The New Yorker, telling us that all the craziest stuff in the film was reality in U.S. and Soviet policy.
Roger Ebert gushes over Dr. Strangelove.
Rolling Stone does a great interview/bio article on Stanley Kubrick.
Screenwriter Terry Southern dishes about working with Kubrick on Strangelove.
Filmsite describes the sexual innuendo of all the character's names.
Video
We dare you to watch the original trailer for Strangeloveand not want to see this movie.
A great documentary that gives us the lowdown on how war turned cold.
Check out this creepy cartoon from the 50's, which tells us the joys of nuclear fallout.
Who knew that you could survive under your desk if the bomb dropped while you were in school? They just don't make desks like they used to, we guess.
An announcer guy tells you everything you need to know about why the U.S.S.R. is evil.
Click here to find out.
Here's Kubrick looking very director-ly.
Images
Kong rides the bomb like a bucking bronco.
Dr. Strangelove is personally amused by nuclear warfare.
They didn't get that table from IKEA.
Gen. Buck Turgidson has fun showing the President how a B-52 does its stuff.