Kubrick's innovation in transforming a serious drama into a black comedy

"The Doctor's Abnormal Love" Synopsis

The time is the middle of the Cold War. General Ripper, the commander of American strategic air bases, suddenly orders a hydrogen bomb attack on the Soviet Union. However, it turns out that the nuclear suicide device possessed by the Soviet Union would destroy the entire world within 10 months if attacked by a hydrogen bomb. The leaders of both countries continue their frantic efforts to avoid the worst situation, but the hydrogen bomb is finally dropped...

Index

• A masterpiece that needs to be revisited as the world becomes more unstable.
• The idea of ​​converting a serious drama into a black comedy
• Was there a pie-throwing scene in the climax?
• The impact of the fateful November 22, 1963

A masterpiece that needs to be revisited as the world becomes more unstable.

When I was a child, the Berlin Wall was still standing and the world was in the midst of the Cold War. Although both the United States and the Soviet Union continued to mass-produce weapons of mass destruction, to my eyes, especially from the late 1980s to the 1990s, the imminent crisis seemed to be receding somewhat. The fight between the two seemed more like a battle of irresistible willpower and pride rather than a weapon being pointed at each other's necks. Maybe it's because I grew up in such an era, but when I first watched ``The Doctor's Abnormal Love'' (64) and `` Flight into the Unknown '' (64) on rental video when I became a student, I felt like I was in a fantasy world somewhere far away. That's what it felt like.

"The Doctor's Abnormal Love" Trailer

However, now that time has come around once or twice since then, when I rewatch Kubrick's masterpiece of black comedy, a cold sweat runs down my spine.

``The Doctor's Abnormal Love'' was originally produced and released around the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962), when tensions over nuclear war were at their highest since World War II. Out of curiosity, I checked the ``Doomsday Clock'' published by an American scientific magazine, and found that the time in 2019, indicated by the hands, was ``two minutes before the end of the world,'' the worst time ever. Apparently, we are now living at the perfect time to watch this movie again, a long time after its release.

The idea of ​​converting a serious drama into a black comedy