Dr Strangelove Love Theme

590 Words3 Pages
TThe film Dr. StrangeLove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is satirical as a narrative, and I believe that the message of it was not to trust the officials in charge, and that the soldiers are the true heroes of war. One example of this is the illusion to sex throughout the film, which seems to be some of the main characters only concern. This idea shows up numerous times, starting with the solider looking at a Playboy magazine, the sex image of the secretary, the secretary calling General Turgidson during the Pentagon meeting for him to “come home” (further implying her sex image), Dr. StrangeLove’s idea for ten women for every man, and the meaning behind the name’s themselves. As one of the fans of Kubrick described in a letter to him, the film is “sexually layered”. It’s made to seem as if all the officials are more concerned about sex than the threat of war and the world ending, which makes the audience dislike the characters. But, with the view of sexual themes in mind, it could be said that General Ripper was really a hero. When the meaning of…show more content…
The song is about honoring a solider after he comes home from the war, and can be seen very patriotic. This song is played in the background every time the soldiers in the airplane are seen on the screen, and due to the nature of the song it gives the audience a connection to the men. The connection is deepened when they almost crash after being struck by a missile, and once they survive and continue their mission it even further deepens it. Because the soldiers aren’t able to talk to the officials back on the base, it creates a rift between the two, and this can be seen a symbol that it isn’t the officials who run the war, it’s the soldiers. It can also be seen that the officials don’t know what they’re doing due the soldiers doing all the work, which strengthens the
Show More
Related

  • Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

    1321 Words  | 6 Pages

    PARAGRAPH 1 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is perhaps one of the most amusing movies I have ever seen. The film overflows with various bits of comical genius, all inspired by producer and director Stanly Kubrick’s opinions of war. Peter Sellers gives an outstanding performance in each three of his roles (Dr. Strangelove, Captain Mandrake, and President Muffley), and has impeccable timing with his facial expressions and comedy driven behaviors. Combining a sardonic

    Read More

  • Why John Le Carre's The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

    1502 Words  | 7 Pages

    Hardie’s words highlights that perhaps what seemed like the end, planted seeds of beginning. John Le Carre’s ‘The Spy Who Came in From the Cold’ and Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Dr Strangelove’ demonstrated this shift as a zeitgeist of the current dangers that were philosophised, politicised and what fostered religious and scientific meaning. To all the rationalists that ask, “How?” Well… let me show you. The Spy novel in 1963 intrigued, shocked and alarmed thousands of its readers. Why, because this was

    Read More

More about Dr Strangelove Love Theme

Open Document