Dr Strangelove and free love
Strange love v.Free love? I selected to view for this assignment Stanley Kubrick’s, Dr. Strangelove and Arlo Guthrie’s, Alice’s Restaurant. I expected them each to be anti-war movies, but I discovered that although Dr. Strangelove is a very anti-war movie, Alice’s Restaurant is more on the idea of an anti-authoritarian movie although the message is there that he is against the war but more so against the draft and everything authoritarian. ... The films are not comparable in terms of quality with Stanley Kubrick’s, Dr. Strangelove being a tour de force masterpiece of black comedy and Alice’s Restaurant a more or less entertaining comedy, nevertheless each send a strong message. Dr. Strangelove (or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb) is filmed totally in black and white and opens by telling the viewer that rumors have been circulating for about a year that Russia has developed the ultimate weapon “a doomsday machine. ... The movie stars Peter Sellers who actually plays three different parts a Major in the Air Force, the President of the United States and Dr. Strangelove and George C. ... Dr. strangelove (peter sellers) comes over in his wheelchair. ... But dr. ... Dr. strangelove calls president mine fruer. ... Free love seems to be the thing here. ... Shelly is in love with alice they make love.