Still relevant

Rating: 10/10 (15 March 1999)

Unlike other Stanley Kubrick films, which often need repeat viewings before I completely get them, this one I got right on the first try. And okay, so the Cold War is over (though I'm sure there are people in America who still wish they had communism as a straw man). With nuclear weapons still out there, and the chances of terrorist groups of all kinds being able to get their hands on them, and the gun mentality which pervades the militaries of the world, this is still timely and hilariously funny, as it shows the people in charge for the idiots that they are. Sure, it's cynical, but wouldn't you be?
Sellers, of course, deserves to be commended, and Slim Pickens assured his place in history with his riding the bomb down like a horse. George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, and Keenan Wynn, however, usually get overlooked, and they're equally funny without ever trying to be. A masterpiece.