Dr. Strangelove

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After the fanatical General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike. One of Stanley Kubrick’s best and most famous films, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is a dark parody of the Cold War paranoia that feels continuously relevant in contemporary geopolitics.

Douglas Kriner, Clinton Rossiter Professor in American Institutions in the Department of Government, will introduce the screening on Friday, November 1.

Dr. Strangelove screens as part of our "Cornell Cinema Goes to Washington" series. Courtesy of Columbia Pictures and Swank Motion Pictures.