At the beginning of the film, we introduced the following background through narration: "For more than a year, there has been a rumor among senior Western leaders that the Soviet Union is creating an ultimate weapon that can destroy the earth and mankind." It was originally used as a kind of political propaganda to intimidate the enemy, but what I did not expect was to deceive and deceive, and I took it seriously; the world’s artifacts cannot be done. In the national collective, as small as family individuals, all people can fall into this false “temptation” and devote all their physical and mental life to them, and they will never get tired until they die. Human nature should contain a certain impulse of primitive vitality, violence. Bloody, brave, hard-working, and competitive are all a kind of "death instinct" that embodies human nature itself, and it represents the power of destruction and attack, and even self-destruction in the essence of human life. The performance of death instinct is internal and external. There are two types, outwardly manifested as aggressive and violent behaviors, and inwardly manifested as behaviors of negativity, self-exile, self-discipline, self-masochism and even suicide. The death instinct is the appearance of "exuberant vitality" from the beginning, but this It is not optimism and positive emotions, it still has not lost its destructive essence. Many loves begin in the form of positive survival instincts, but many loves end in the self-destruction and mutual harm of both parties.)
In the Cold War In this era, rumors have also become the basis for formulating strategies. Therefore, as the commander of the US Strategic Air Force Base, General Jack Ripper made a phone call to Adjutant Mandrick, ordering him to enter the US Air Force Base into emergency readiness, and immediately sent B-52 bombers with hydrogen bombs to targets in the Soviet Union. The attack was carried out, and a farce that was almost absurd and bizarre was officially staged. (True or false, false and true, false and true, true and false, people often play tricks as real life, and even do everything they want, regard their behavior as a standard, let the world follow him, and If a god, realize the desire of the whole nation and all mankind.)
The first to appear is Major Conger, the commander of the B-52 bomber. At this time, he is holding a copy of "Playboy" magazine and read it with gusto; his subordinates are also doing their own leisure activities. When Conger received the nuclear attack plan and confirmed it was correct, as a fanatical militant, he immediately drove the plane toward the Soviet airspace like chicken blood, and cut off all contact between the bomber crew members and the outside world. And inspired his men to prepare for a face-to-face nuclear war with the Russians. (It seems that Major Conger wants to fight a nuclear war in hand-to-hand combat. When passion dominates the brain, reason can no longer find a foothold in the brain’s back ditch. In the end, the brain is completely reduced to a vassal of the lower body at this moment, allowing it to gallop and trample).
An emergency military meeting is being held in the Pentagon combat room. As the B-52 bomber’s external communications had been cut off, the president who came after hearing the news had to change his plan and summon the Soviet ambassador to the United States in the top-secret war room. The Soviet ambassador came to the war room. Unexpectedly, what was waiting for him was a close fight: General Barker believed that the camera carried by the Soviet ambassador was a spy tool, so the two immediately became a team. (The camera used as a spy tool is really too revealing. The Soviet ambassador seems to be deliberately trying to provoke the dispute between the two countries in order to realize his country’s ambition to rule the world.) The hotline is connected, and this end is the hysterical American president. At the other end was the Soviet prime minister who was also hysterical. The two finally reached an agreement: In order to avoid misfortune, the two countries should jointly shoot down the B-52 bomber. For the destiny of all mankind, the two countries finally ignored the previous suspicions and reached a high degree of agreement under the destruction of terrorism. The original "52" has now fallen out of favor and has become "57."
A terrible piece of news was revealed by the Soviet ambassador. He said that the Soviet Union had indeed produced the ultimate weapon that could destroy life on the earth, and it would be launched automatically when an enemy country attacks the Soviet Union. The possibility that this weapon will cause the world’s biological extinction will come from the radioactive dust produced after it exploded. This has been affirmed by Dr. Qi Ai from a scientific point of view. (Dr. Qi Ai carries the shadows of German physicists Otto Hanin and Fritz Strassmann. The huge energy generated by nuclear fission destroys the enemy and destroys all mankind himself. He returned overnight. 4.5 billion years ago, returned to nothing) In the
strategic air base, General Rippe had been regarded as a rebel and was besieged by the national army. After a fierce battle, the soldiers on the base were forced to surrender because they were outnumbered. Seeing that the situation is over, General Ripper committed suicide in the bathroom.
The only remaining B-52 bomber that continued to fly to the target finally approached the target. All personnel began to prepare for bombing, but the nuclear bomb hatch switch failed. Major Conger wore a cowboy hat into the nuclear bomb bay, rode on the hydrogen warhead, and repaired the control circuit of the canopy. It was fired together with the hydrogen bomb. As the hydrogen bomb exploded, a huge mushroom cloud rose slowly, and humans were also ravaging themselves while conquering the alien.
A group of people in the war room where the world is about to be destroyed are surrounding Dr. Qi Ai, listening to him talk about how to select human elites to hide underground, and advocates that men and women should be combined in a ratio of 1:10 to reproduce and wait for nuclear radiation. Disperse.
The picture is blank, and the world is finally destroyed.
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when the end of the film when a screen disappears before our eyes, we do not know should be relaxed smile or deep thinking. Indeed, Kubrick used a ridiculous humor and irony to put forward a heavy topic for us, that is, when the world falls into the hands of a madman who regards war as the first thing in life, its ending will be It can only be destroyed. At the same time, we also need the army as a necessary evil existence to defend our own territorial security. The warlike instinct will naturally flow in the blood of soldiers.
The first madman in the film is undoubtedly "Dr. Strange Love." "Odd love" is obviously a coined name, that is, "strange hobby". Isn't it? This doctor doesn't like bread but bombs, peace and war. Although he is physically disabled, he is more dangerous than normal people. He is the main designer of the devastating nuclear war. From his inconvenient right hand, which would always unconsciously perform Nazi military salutes, we can feel that he is actually a persistent fascist ghost. The word "slaughter" will bring him endless happiness, and The end of the world excites him even more.
The second madman should belong to the commander of the air base, General Jack Ripper, who was the initiator of this nuclear annihilation. It was because of his phone call that the world was led into the bottomless abyss. However, once we knew that the reason he ordered this attack was only because of repeated setbacks in marriage and love, we felt unbalanced, and we felt even more after a great absurdity. A panic of fear.
Major Conger, the commander of the B-52 bomber, should naturally be regarded as a war madman, but his words and deeds brought more comical and ridiculousness to the audience. When he received the order to attack the Soviet Union, he was inexplicably excited. He said to his subordinates: "I think if you don't have such a strong personal feelings for fighting, you are simply not human... I dare say this thing. (Referring to the nuclear war) as soon as the nuclear war is over, you will be waiting in line to be promoted and rewarded, regardless of your race, skin color, or belief." In his simple idiot mind, it seems that nuclear war still has a victory or defeat. point. And if in reality, nuclear weapons are really in the hands of such a superficial war-playing person, can we still accept all this and laugh?
Also keen on war is General Barker. When he received the news that the US bomber was about to carry out a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union, he was not particularly excited. At this time, flirting with the young and beautiful female secretary seemed more important. But in the war room of the Pentagon, he tried to persuade the president to agree to this devastating and adventurous war. Kubrick hired George Scott (who would later play General Patton) to play this role.
The narrative structure of the film is very simple. There are three main places where the story takes place: one is the war room of the Ministry of National Defense; a huge dim space, a huge round table for conferences, and a huge map controlled by a computer; one is the cockpit and control room of the B-52 bomber. And the bomb bay; one is the exterior view of the air force base and the interior view of the office. There is no relationship between the three, but they do their own things. Even in each location, it is difficult for people to communicate with each other. The language is sometimes monotonous, sometimes clichéd, and sometimes lunatic. Kubrick uses cross-editing to combine the three organically to form the film's unique narrative style.
The use of music to receive a contrasting effect is Kubrick's usual technique, and this film is no exception. For example, when the nuclear attack plan was confirmed, the song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" was played immediately and runs through all the bomber passages. This move was intended to create a paradoxical result. Everyone knows that in a nuclear war, no one will go home triumphantly. The song "We'll Meet Again" at the end of the film is more profound. Under the cover of mushroom clouds in full bloom, how long will it take for people to meet again? Where should we meet again?
Black humor is what makes people laugh with tears, bitterness and despair. Kubrick cleverly used this technique to show mankind a pessimistic prospect. As a serious artist who beats with the pulse of the times, Kubrick allows us to see the essence of things, that is, the Cold War is a freak after the Second World War. One day it exists, the world will be under the shadow of death one day. And fascism's resurrection by corpses from time to time is more worthy of the vigilant eyes of all kind people.
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