40 Years Later, not a day wiser

Rating: 10/10 (6 February 2004)

Dr. Strangelove is a great film because it has unforgettable characters enmeshed in something that was chillingly possible at the time the film was made. It is side-splittingly funny and terrifying at the same time, drawing out the repressed sexuality of its main characters like pus from a boil. A lot of other films beat its production values but realism and black comedy trump everything else in making this particular point.
Now in 2004, it's time again for Strangelove to take on the Enemy, with a hearty "Let's **** them before they **** us." Here's hoping they stick to conventional weapons.