The Doomsday Machine

Yesterday evening James, Ally, Davie and I watched a very old film (1963 I think) - Dr Strangelove starring Peter Sellers. I had recorded it because I haven't seen it for at least 20 years and I wanted to see what the boys thought of it. As James pointed out, it has gone beyond being dated to being vintage! It captures the 1960s atmosphere of being on the brink of nuclear war, that has faded somewhat over the years, although the possibility has never totally gone away. Ally and Davie were riveted to it and James loved all the plane footage and declared it to be authentic. The whole film was good I thought, the only bit that annoyed me was the slightly hysterical acting by Peter Sellers at the very end as Dr Strangelove as he made nazi salutes - understated would have been better. Apparently the original ending was to have been a pie fight which would have been worse! After the film we had a really interesting chat about the Cold War and doomsday scenarios.