The Absurdity of Nuclear Annihilation in Dr. Strangelove

In setting out to make a film about nuclear war, Stanley Kubrick realized the only way to properly convey the horror of total annihilation was to make it as absurd as possible. Thus, DR STRANGELOVE was born, and a nuclear-armed world would never be the same.

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