Voyeuristic cinematography that, on a meta level, perfectly reflects the plot and the whole 4th Wall thing of I-am-voyeuristically-watching-these-characters-(actors of course)-as-a-cat-pules-and-my-knee-gets-sore. A very timely movie for me as I age, as I regret, and as I lay sleepless at night on my phone.
Worth a careful watch. Worth exploring the autobiographical aspects of the film.
Fun fact: this was the last film released before the passage of Congressional Bill H.R. 9723, banning all fun from visual media.
Raucously funny, perfect acting, beautiful shots, and wide-ranging commentary on American individualism, capitalism, machismo, military technology, and international relations.
Dr. Strangelove was a particularly well-written jab at the military-engineering-nerd-who-skipped-ethics-class type, given the critical role IBM machines played during the Holocaust to classify Jews via Hollerith punch cards.
A collection of vignettes whose narrative continuity of reality-to-dream-to-reality is shattered in the last three shorts. By introducing further complexity, the viewer is left to think: why not foreshadowing? Why not more complexity earlier in the film?
Nonetheless, Kurosawa's cinematography is unparalleled, with that familiar contrast of garish Japanese clothing against beautiful nature backgrounds.
