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LEARNING TO LOVE THE BOMB: A Retrospective on Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove
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CHAPTERS
0:00 The Atomic Bomb: the Old Story of Mankind
4:28 The Humor of Horrors & the Comedy of Contradictions
10:10 The Truth of Fiction & the Horrifying Facts of Dr. Strangelove
27:25 Modernity is Impotence: A Parable of the Helpless Human in the Modern World
39:16 The Fallibility of Man & the Determinism of Survival
44:23 Philosophy From the Ruins: The New Problems of Modernity from the Perspective of Japanese Philosophers
49:46 Technology Always Has Consequences: Prometheus & the Fire that Burns Friend & Foe
56:04 Living in a World of Shallow Connection: the Symbols of Dr. Strangelove
1:07:27 Learning to Love the Bomb: Finding Freedom in Contradiction & Self-Sacrifice
SOURCES/FURTHER READING
Stanley Kubrick A Life in Pictures | Filmmakers Behind the Scenes | Warner Bros. Entertainment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApEh9Sm4BR0&t=22s&ab_channel=WarnerBros.Entertainment
Inside the Making of Dr. Strangelove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ6BiRtGTAk&ab_channel=TobyRoby
"Best Manhattan project documentary"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dtIyz9HD2o&t=1583s&ab_channel=SophiaDresden
First Nuclear Reactor, U.S. Department of Energy
https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1942-1944_pu/cp-1_critical.htm
Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was True
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/almost-everything-in-dr-strangelove-was-true
The Half-Century Anniversary of “Dr. Strangelove”
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-half-century-anniversary-of-dr-strangelove
Curtis Lemay
Victor Davis Hanson, “The Soul Of Battle: From Ancient Times To The Present Day, Three Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny”
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hanson-battle.html
Col Phillip S. Meilinger, USAF, Retired, How LeMay Transformed Strategic Air Command
https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/ASPJ/journals/Volume-28_Issue-2/V-Meilinger.pdf
V-2 Rockets
“Biography of Wernher Von Braun,” NASA
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/history/vonbraun/bio.html
“V-2 Missile, National Air and Space Museum
https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/missile-surface-surface-v-2-4/nasm_A19600342000
“V-2 Rocket, Britannica
https://www.britannica.com/technology/V-2-rocket
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