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GEM 2005 / HY2243
FILM AND HISTORY
Lecture 7
Precious Bodily Fluids
Dr Strangelove
1. Introduction
Sign of the Time
The Cold War
Satire
2. The A Bomb
* Ending WWII
* Hiroshima
* Nagasaki
3. Communist Threat
* Expansion
* People’s Republic of China October 1, 1949
4. Enemies at the Gate and Allies
5. Arms Race
* Bikini test 1946
* Nevada testing
6. Spies and Paranoia
* Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
* Joe McCarthy and McCarthyism
* Fall Out Shelters
* Duck and Cover
* Sputnik
* Cuba
7. Satire.
* Why Satire
* How does Satire work?
8. Conclusion/What to look for
Cast:
Peter Sellers: Capt. Lionel Mandrake; President Merkin Muffley; and Dr. Strangelove (3 different characters)
George C. Scott: Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson
Sterling Hayden: Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper
Keenan Wynn: Col. 'Bat' Guano
Slim Pickens :Maj. T.J. 'King' Kong
Peter Bull: Russian Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky
James Earl Jones: Lt. Lothar Zogg
Musical Theme: Boom Boom, Boom Boom