Still a most remarkable film after fifty years or so

Rating: 10/10 (21 January 2014)

I just watched this film again today and I'm still impressed. There will probably be mild spoilers ahead:
Frankly, with more than 700 reviews/comments on this film as I type this, there probably isn't a whole lot left unsaid about this film. But I watched it again today and just felt like making a comment here about this in any case.
Most likely every fan of this has their own favorite scene(s) and I'm no exception. But what most impresses me about the film is the performance of Peter Sellers. He gets to chew the scenery with the best of them in his portrayal of Dr. Strangelove and he plays the milquetoast president with sublime perfection, but I actually like his basically deadpan reading of of Group Captain Lionel Mandrake most of all. He more than held his own opposite the dry yet still overheated and hilarious performance of Sterling Hayden as Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper. Sellers strengthens Hayden's performance exceptionally well without losing any ground on his own. My favorite scene in the film (by a hair) is Mandrake's exchanges with Keenan Wynn. I know the dialog almost by heart.
A magnificent piece of work, with virtually nothing out of tune. Well worth watching and most highly recommended.