At the beginning of the film, a general at the base speculates that the Soviet Union is going to use new weapons to deal with the United States, and recklessly launch the R plan of nuclear bombing, and then the top executives, including the president, start an urgent meeting to discuss. At this time, there are two absurd scenarios, one is A group of high-level commanders were helpless against an order issued by a lower-level commander. Second, the president invited the ambassador of the enemy country into a war room full of classified documents and equipment, and was unguarded and even willing to provide a battle plan for help. Regarding the absurd attack plan of the United States, the Soviet Union threatened to dispatch doomsday weapons. Dozens of B52s carrying nuclear bombs, top-secret passwords that can be guessed by just being blindfolded, and the relaxed and mocking tone of the general in the conference room. In the end, the activation of the doomsday device was not avoided, and the picture that appeared in my mind at this time was a plaque with a tree at the entrance of the military base, which said "Peace is our duty". Director Kubrick vividly displayed an anti-war movie with black humor and exaggerated metaphors, which led to deep thinking after making people laugh.
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