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To: neverdem
I'm a longtime Kubrick buff, but Dr. Strangelove was never one of my cherished favorites (that would be 2001 and Barry Lyndon). I actually prefer Fail-Safe, Sidney Lumet's nearly identical film made simultaneously.

Fail-Safe scared the crap out of me as a teenager late one night back in the 70's. Strangelove's humor was always overpraised, and a lot of it falls flat, IMHO.

10 posted on 10/09/2004 7:03:48 PM PDT by Jhensy
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To: Jhensy
Actually, I thought Fail Safe was almost as funny as Strangelove (unintentionally so).
25 posted on 10/09/2004 7:27:11 PM PDT by dr_who_2
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To: Jhensy
I'm a longtime Kubrick buff, but Dr. Strangelove was never one of my cherished favorites (that would be 2001 and Barry Lyndon).

Those are two good choices, but the pace of those moves is so slow, they are underrated by modern audiences.

46 posted on 10/09/2004 8:31:58 PM PDT by HAL9000
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