
Issue 375
August 16, 2007

Even after the planet is ruined by ill-advised nuclear strikes, the military brass in Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove obsess over Russia’s capacity to build more effective fallout shelters — a twisted lesson on the dangers of single-minded politics. - JW
Note: Other films in Solar One’s free, eco-friendly series (Wed-Fri: 8.15-8.24) include Martin Scorsese’s After Hours (1985) and Mel Brooks’ 1974 camp classic Young Frankenstein.