"The matador...me!"
No one can speak from an informed position about the making of Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove without also talking about Fail Safe, which can be characterized as the 'serious version' of a very similar scenario. They were each made in 1964, which is one of the biggest reasons why Kubrick decided to (thankfully) make Strangelove a comedy: to differentiate itself and appeal to an alternate audience. Strangelove was such a comedic success that it pushed Fail Safe into relative obscurity; it seemed people wanted to laugh at the tumultuous events of the 60's rather than cry.
Nonetheless, Fail Safe resonates as a powerful drama featuring great performances from Henry Fonda as the President and Walter Matthau as the cold-blooded political scientist. It's worth a rent.
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shuacsays...Here's Farhad's sift on the Making of Dr. Strangelove, FYI:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Inside-the-making-of-Dr-Strangelove
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