meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Cine-Files

65 Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

The Cine-Files

Steve Morris & John Rocha

Tv & Film

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2017

⏱️ 112 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week on The Cine-Files John and Steve discuss, perhaps, the greatest black comedy of all time, Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece. Dr. Strangelove. Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecine-files/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecine-files/support Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hi this is Steve. There are few filmmakers more iconicastic than Stanley Kubrick and few films more iconic than Dr. Strange Love or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb.

0:14.0

Made in 1963 shortly after the Cuban missile crisis,

0:17.6

Dr. Strange Love is a comedy about the least funny topic possible, the complete annihilation of the human race.

0:26.0

Starring George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, the completely unique Slim Pickens

0:31.0

and the brilliant Peter Sellers and not one but three roles Dr. Stranglove

0:36.0

is in a class by itself.

0:38.0

Somehow it manages to be simultaneously funny, frightening, completely ridiculous, and all too real, while also being an almost perfectly

0:47.0

crafted piece of cinema.

0:49.0

Strange Love was created at the height of the Cold War, but the truth is it's just as powerful and topical today as it was more than 50 years ago.

0:58.0

And if you really want to dig deep into this film, there is a fantastic criterion collection Blu-ray which you can purchase through our website at cinephiles. net. That's C-I-N-E-F-I-L-E-S-D-N-E-F-E-S-N-N-E-S-N-N-N-E, along with every other movie we've ever reviewed.

1:14.4

So that's Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strange Love or how I learned to stop worrying and love the

1:20.0

bomb this Friday on the the

1:23.3

The The

1:27.1

Look boys,

1:28.3

look boys

1:29.9

it ain't much of a hand in making speeches.

1:33.0

They got a pretty fair idea that something dog gone

1:37.0

the importance going on back there.

1:39.0

Tell you something else.

1:41.0

If this thing turns out to be half as important as I figure it just might be.

1:47.0

I'd say that you're all in line for some important promotions and personal citations when this thing's over with.

1:55.0

That goes for ever last one of you regardless of your race, color, or your creep.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Steve Morris & John Rocha, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Steve Morris & John Rocha and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.