Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, the film deeply satirizes the absurdity and anti-humanity of the nuclear showdown.
The story tells that during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, a captain in the United States got a false information, and the Soviet Union developed the ultimate weapon, which will be dropped over the United States. This rumor caused panic, and the United States decided to attack the Soviet Union with weapons ten times stronger. Finally, the Soviet ambassador secretly pressed the attack signal, and the earth was destroyed in a series of nuclear explosions.
The subtitles at the beginning of the film made me think deeply about a question, is the assurance of the US Air Force real or is it just black humor? This sentence is the most intriguing dark humor I have seen after watching the entire film.
The character of Dr. Strangelove is a scientist poached from Germany after World War II. Isn't that pair of right hands that raise their hands involuntarily, just like Nazism? Isn't it reminding us to reflect on today's society and war?
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