The 4K restoration of Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb returns to cinemas as a special event on October 12, 13 and 14. The timing could hardly be more provocative—perhaps even more ominous for the real world—given the state of global affairs. This is Kubrick’s satirical black comedy, a singular work in his oeuvre that lampoons the fever for nuclear weapons and the unpredictable consequences such a frenzy could unleash during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. The film stars a magnetic and theatrical Peter Sellers in three distinct roles, supported with exceptional gravity by George C. Scott and Slim Pickens (the famous image of a man riding the nuclear bomb being a touchstone). It was nominated for four Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Original Screenplay) but did not win in any category. Dr. Strangelove stands as a fierce and surreal satire, built on paradox and nonsense: the deeper the crisis spirals toward catastrophe, the more its characters stumble into a dazzling yet unsettling short circuit. The film is widely regarded as one of Kubrick’s most emblematic titles and one of the most important political satire masterpieces in cinema history. During the three cinema days of the event, the screening will be preceded by the short Stanley Kubrick Considers The Bomb (5 minutes), created in 2019 to accompany the restoration and 4K re-release of the film. The short guides us into Kubrick’s mind, recounting how he faced the era’s widespread fear of nuclear war and transformed it into his brilliant, timely masterwork.
The Plot, Trailer and Poster of Dr. Strangelove
A American general, fixated on the so‑called communist threat, deliberately issues an order to launch a nuclear strike against the Soviet Union. Despite the United States President’s earnest attempts to avert disaster, one of the bombers en route to its target proves impossible to shoot down and is not among those recalled to base…
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