Comedy,Stanley Kubrick Style

Rating: 10/10 (18 March 2004)

Only in a Kubrick film could the Cold War be so hilarious. Dark humor has always been prevalent in many of his films, but it's this satire about cold war paranoia where Kubrick really gets creative. I have a feeling that everyone involved in making this film had the time of their lives.

What I love about this film is that it can be both incredibly intelligent and incredibly ridiculous all at the same time. This film disguises its humor so well. Some call it subtle humor. It seems at times that this cast doesn't know they're making a comedy. The audience laughs not because the actors are really funny but because we're convinced(thanks to the great performances)that these characters are real human beings that do really funny things. Roger Ebert gave the analogy that a man wearing a funny hat trying to be funny isn't funny, but a man that doesn't know he is wearing a funny is truly funny. Out of all the great comedies, I guess you could say that Dr.Strangelove or:How I learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb is that man who doesn't know he is wearing a funny hat. Kubrick truly is a genius.