What the corpus says about Dr. Strangelove (1964)

The 60 lines php artisan corpus:ask hands a model, in the order it gets them, and nothing else. The model writes a clerk's answer from these and only these.

What was said about it (26)

[Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita · 1:20:10 · unknown (0.00)] Lolita → Dr. Strangelove · programming · Unlike Strangelove, Lolita had no prior Kubrick-Sellers connection. · "Because it's not like Strange Love where you're like, okay, there's a pre-existing connection now."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:48:54 · David Sims (0.55)] Red Alert (novel) ⇒ Dr. Strangelove (the host's read) · lineage · The speaker says Dr. Strangelove is based on Peter George's serious nuclear thriller Red Alert. · "so he scoops up this book called Red Alert, which is, of course, what Dr. Strangelove is based on by Peter George that is a serious nuclear thriller."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 0:22:29 · David Sims (0.40)] Paths of Glory ↔ Dr. Strangelove · lineage · Strangelove is the nearest thing Kubrick made to Paths of Glory afterward, both being people talking through absurdity. · "the closest thing he's made to this since this is Strangelove, because Strangelove is also people talking through absurdity by and large"
[Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange · 0:47:02 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ A Clockwork Orange · theme · Strangelove, 2001, and this film are the clearest examples of his theme of technology that hastens man's downfall. · "Dr. Strangelove in 2001. And this movie are very literal examples of that, of that theme for sure."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:29:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.55)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ Tootsie · theme · Speaker says Strangelove and Tootsie are both extremely funny but feel important to the industry. · "Well, this movie and Totsie have a lot in common, right?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:31:14 · unknown (0.30)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ Network · theme · Network is called another movie that gets an impossible tone right, with dramatic actors rather than comedians. · "But that's another movie that's similarly like this gets sort of an impossible tone right."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 2:01:46 · David Sims (0.75)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ Seven Days in May · theme · Seven Days in May is a serious political thriller with a similar vibe about the military clashing with the president. · "It's another political thriller with kind of a similar vibe, but it's serious,"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 0:12:05 · David Sims (0.40)] Paths of Glory ↔ Dr. Strangelove · theme · Strangelove pushes the same absurdity far enough for jokes, so the two films are more closely linked than the speaker had thought. · "Like Doctor Strangelove pushes it into a level of absurdity where you can actually have jokes."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:23:50 · Griffin Newman (0.55)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ Don't Look Up · craft · Speakers compare the ending tags and tone of Don't Look Up against Strangelove's balance of satire and sincerity. · "I remembered that don't look up has a tag, right?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 2:14:11 · Griffin Newman (0.55)] Dr. Strangelove ⇒ Roger Moore Bond films (the host's read) · craft · Speaker says hiring a Bond designer for the war room changed how such rooms look on screen forever, and the Bond movies being covered have war-room sets. · "It is funny how this movie, this hiring a James Bond guy to design the war room, uh, changes the way you're allowed to put these things on screen forever."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 2:04:56 · David Sims (0.45)] The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming ↔ Dr. Strangelove · contrast · Hosts place it near but not as acidic as Dr. Strangelove. · "Not Doctor Strangelove, but you know, like that kind of thing."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:58:51 · David Sims (0.45)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ The Killing · people · Kubrick brought in Sterling Hayden from The Killing for Ripper. · "okay, and then he brings in Sterling Hayden from the killing."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 1:55:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Dr. Strangelove ⇒ The Long Goodbye (the host's read) · people · Speaker says Strangelove was the first time Hayden's personal struggles were put on screen, and later filmmakers used that persona going forward (Godfather, Long Goodbye). · "This is the 1st time when like his personal struggles, like were actualized in a movie, and then I felt like filmmakers only used this in movies going forward"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket · 1:36:54 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ The Shining · verdict · Strangelove ranks lower for the speaker than Barry Lyndon, The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut among Kubrick's funny films. · "I, I, I rank Strange Love lower in the pack of movies I find funny by him."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:50:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ Fail-Safe · industry · Kubrick was offered the novel Fail-Safe; a lawsuit during Strangelove's production meant Fail-Safe had to come out after it, though Columbia released both. · "there was some kind of lawsuit filed during the production of Dr. Strangelove, uh, that meant that Failsafe had to come out after Dr. Strangelove."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac · 0:25:13 · Leslye Headland (0.85)] Fight Club ↔ Dr. Strangelove · satire that holds up · Leslye calls Fight Club a Strangelove-style satire that lasts because male toxicity is evergreen. · "But to me, Fight Club is Doctor Strangelove."
[Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange · 0:44:51 · Alex Ross Perry (0.70)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ 2001: A Space Odyssey · trilogy claim · Ciment suggests a future trilogy; Kubrick, as quoted, rejects any deliberate pattern. · "There is no deliberate pattern to the stories I have chosen to make into films."
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey · 0:49:42 · unknown (0.30)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ 2001: A Space Odyssey · preceded · 2001 came after Dr. Strangelove, as sci-fi was heating up. · "Um, post Dr. Strangelove."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:18:08 · Griffin Newman (0.45)] Lolita ↔ Dr. Strangelove · business context · The speaker says the takeaway from Lolita was that Sellers maybe saved it commercially, so the studio wanted more Sellers for a Kubrick film. · "the takeaway from Lolita was like, sellers maybe saved that movie commercially."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:27:30 · unknown (0.30)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ MacGruber · joke · A joke that the abrupt jump-cut ending is a MacGruber edit and that Kubrick was ripping off MacGruber; not a real claim. · "And Kubrick was actually ripping off McGruber"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 1:22:52 · Griffin Newman (0.65)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming · similar setup · Speaker, a fan as a kid, notes the Russians Are Coming is similar in setup, also a Cold War comedy. · "The Russians are coming as a kid, which is a movie that is like kind of similar in its setup where, and it is also like a comedy about the Cold War."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita · 1:00:23 · unknown (0.00)] Lolita ↔ Dr. Strangelove · improvised method · Sellers improvised on set in both films and Kubrick folded the best improvisations into the script. · "so a lot of that is just sellers, which is going to be the same with Strange Love."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita · 1:20:56 · unknown (0.00)] Lolita → Dr. Strangelove · multiple-Sellers template · The speaker says Lolita is where the multiple-Sellers-characters hit began, which is odd given Lolita comes first. · "It's kind of odd that this is the one that creates that."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:53:55 · David Sims (0.60)] Dr. Strangelove ⇒ Zucker Brothers (the host's read) · lineage · Speaker had a breakthrough that Strangelove must have been a big influence on the Zucker brothers and Jim Abrahams. · "I did finally have the breakthrough watching this of how much of an influence this movie must have been on the Zucker Brothers and John Abrahams."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 1:28:44 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Bob Newhart ⇒ Dr. Strangelove (the host's read) · lineage · Speaker feels Newhart's one-sided phone-call format and his 1960 albums were a heavy influence on the President's call with the Soviet premier. · "I feel like a heavy influence on the way the president's phone call with Russia play out in this movie."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket · 1:38:28 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Peter Sellers ↔ Dr. Strangelove · people · Kubrick by his own admission let Peter Sellers figure out the comedy. · "I will let Peter Sellers figure this part of the movie out."

Films put beside it more than once (4)

[pairs] Dr. Strangelove ↔ Lolita · said 4 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Dr. Strangelove ↔ 2001: A Space Odyssey · said 2 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Dr. Strangelove ↔ The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming · said 2 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Dr. Strangelove ↔ Paths of Glory · said 2 times in 1 episode

Fun items about it (6)

[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:11:32 · Griffin Newman (0.55)] Dr. Strangelove · fun · Mandrake's story about being captured by the Japanese is called the funniest part of the movie. · "Mandrake talking about being captured by the Japanese is the funniest part of this whole movie."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:23:11 · David Sims (0.45)] Dr. Strangelove · fun · The release was delayed by the Kennedy assassination; a speaker also notes the President is the last reasonable president in an American satire, because Kennedy was in office. · "this movie was delayed because of the assassination of Kennedy."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:26:51 · unknown (0.30)] Dr. Strangelove · fun · The ending was supposed to be an extended pie fight. Kubrick watched it, found it too silly, and cut it, so the film ends abruptly on a jump cut to an explosion. · "this movie was supposed to end with this extended pie fight, which would have been like the broadest sequence in the movie."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:28:13 · Griffin Newman (0.65)] Dr. Strangelove · fun · AFI's 100 Years 100 Laughs ranked Strangelove third, behind Tootsie and Some Like It Hot, and Blockbuster displayed the tapes together. · "I watched this because AFI in the year 2000 did their 100 years, 100 laughs"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:50:42 · David Sims (0.40)] Dr. Strangelove · fun · Failsafe was released later because of a lawsuit, though Columbia put out both films. · "And Columbia put out both movies so they didn't care."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:53:20 · David Sims (0.50)] Dr. Strangelove · fun · The first page of the screenplay says the story will be played for realistic comedy and the acting will never be so-called comedy acting. · "The 1st page of the screenplay says, the story will be played for realistic comedy"

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (17)

[Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita · 0:41:05 · unknown (0.30)] Stanley Kubrick ↔ Lolita · lineage · Kubrick (per the dossier) places Lolita in the lineage of illicit love stories like Romeo and Juliet. · "If you consider Romeo and Juliet, Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, the red and the black."
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey · 0:54:01 · unknown (0.30)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ↔ 2001: A Space Odyssey (novel) · programming · Film and Clarke's novel were developed side by side, each holding the other hostage. · "But the 2 of them were being done in tandem."
[The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:32:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] Paths of Glory ↔ Rashomon · programming · Bonus recommendations that are not strictly courtroom movies. · "Paths of Glory the other day, which I don't think is a great courtroom movie"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 2:07:00 · Griffin Newman (0.35)] The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming ↔ It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World · lineage · As a kid, the speaker watched it as 'another thing like' Mad Mad Mad Mad World. · "it's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad world that my parents were like, here's another thing like that."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club · 2:43:02 · unknown (0.35)] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Fight Club · programming · Fight Club is called the Clockwork Orange of another generation, an Edge Lord pick. · "This is kind of the clockwork Orange for another generation."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita · 1:44:25 · unknown (0.00)] Lolita ↔ Lolita (Adrian Lyne version) · lineage · The Lyne version does what Kubrick's could not and is called boring and unsuccessful. · "there's the line movie that does everything he couldn't do."
[Blank Check · Dune · 1:12:45 · unknown (0.40)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Silent Running (the host's read) · lineage · 2001 spawned heady, serious, clean sci-fi like Silent Running. · "2001 leads to a spat of things like silent running, you know, these movies that are like very heady."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 1:46:21 · David Sims (0.75)] Paths of Glory ↔ The Bridge on the River Kwai · programming · Box office game: Kwai, the 1957 Best Picture winner, was number one the week Paths of Glory went wide. · "number one at the box office, the week, the paths of glory goes wide, is the best picture winner of 1957"
[The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ · 0:22:08 · Adam Nayman (0.55)] A Clockwork Orange ⇒ Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (the host's read) · lineage · The contrapuntal needle drop descends from Singin' in the Rain in Clockwork Orange and Stuck in the Middle with You in Reservoir Dogs. · "all the way back to singing in the rain in Clockwork Orange or stuck in the middle with you in, in, in, in Reservoir dogs."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita · 1:47:47 · unknown (0.30)] Lolita (1955 novel) ⇒ Lolita (the host's read) · lineage · The 1962 film is adapted from Nabokov's novel; the speaker reads Crowther's review saying the film keeps the names and a resemblance of plot. · "They made a movie from a script in which the characters have the same name as the characters in the book, and the plot bears a resemblance to the original"
[Blank Check · Dune · 2:54:20 · unknown (0.40)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read) · lineage · 2010 was made because the novel sequel existed, a movie made just because they had to. · "Because Arthur C. Clark had come out with a 2010 novel."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 0:25:11 · unknown (0.30)] Paths of Glory ⇒ The Wire (the maker said so: David Simon cites it regularly) · lineage · David Simon reportedly cites Paths of Glory as the number one influence on The Wire: institutions chewing up the people on the ground. · "David Simon cites this regularly as the number one influence on the wire?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange · 1:20:24 · unknown (0.30)] Anthony Burgess ⇒ A Clockwork Orange (the host's read) · lineage · The film adapts Burgess's novel, and Kubrick found he had to change very little. · "Kubrick reads the book and is like, I didn't have to do much."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl · 2:18:15 · unknown (0.30)] Lolita ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so: In the commentary) · theme · On the commentary Fincher says he wanted a Claire Quilty type for Desi and found it in Neil Patrick Harris. · "Fincher said he wanted a Claire quilty type and he's like, what's a modern Claire quilty type?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:02:34 · unknown (0.40)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read) · lineage · 2010 is the sequel to 2001; the speaker's reaction to the Kubrick film is the benchmark throughout. · "And I said, oh, you know, 2010, the sequel to 2001 and they were like, the what?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 0:25:22 · unknown (0.30)] Paths of Glory ⇒ David Simon (the maker said so: David Simon cites it regularly) · lineage · The speaker calls Paths of Glory a Rosetta Stone for Simon's stories of institutions versus the people below. · "this is the sort of Rosetta Stone, if you will, for him."
[Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange · 1:22:36 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60)] Vinyl ↔ A Clockwork Orange · lineage · The speakers note there is an unwatchable Warhol version of this same book. · "Well, of course, you know, you mentioned Warhol, but of course there's the unwatchable Warhol version of this book."

Who said it, by their latest sketch (5)

[speaker] David Sims · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Prepares history: novel, casting, budgets, box office. Reveres the film and thinks it reads as a normal ground-level story. A sucker for Hollywood deal backstory and box office game. · stances: Praises Keitel and Dafoe casting; Respects Scorsese's persistence and Corman discipline; The film is now well regarded though not 'canonical Marty'
[speaker] Griffin Newman · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Calls Last Temptation his college-era favorite Scorsese; loves Scorsese's smaller 80s and the film's closing transcendence and Gabriel score. Cannot stand fundamentalist outrage at it. A sucker for casting trivia and Tom Cruise-silliness. · stances: Hot take: Last Temptation structurally mirrors New York, New York as a better version; Outrage over the film is stupid; it is respectful to Jesus; Scorsese's smaller 80s work beats his later baroque phases
[speaker] Sean Fennessey · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · Loves gory, funny, fast genre movies with craft and confidence, especially 87-minute films that never overstay. Can't stand ponderous elevated horror that fills out its runtime with introspection and sad family history. A sucker for the Carpenter-era lineage, Die Hard homages, and directors who break studio dogma. · stances: Resident Evil is one of the best films of the year; Horror movies have become a drag; fun genre experiences are needed; Short running times are a virtue; Video-game films work best when great filmmakers get creative license
[speaker] Alex Ross Perry · latest sketch, Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club · Loves Fight Club as a formative film he saw at the AMC Marple on opening night and again on Saturday, and says it still ranks among his heart picks despite finding it juvenile now. Respects a movie that looks good. Cannot stand the Fincher perfectionist myth, and thinks his push for digital had a bad influence. A sucker for Zodiac, which he ranks first. · stances: Fight Club is a time capsule: deeply embarrassing to admire but loved spiritually; Fincher's perfectionist myth and digital proselytizing are overrated; The second half and Project Mayhem say nothing new; Zodiac is the best Fincher
[speaker] Leslye Headland · latest sketch, Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac · Loves Zodiac as part of a Mount Rushmore (Zodiac, The Shining, Back to the Future, The Apartment) and watched it daily at a low point in her life. Adores blocking and staging as the true mark of the greats, loves Fincher's digital photography, and sees Fight Club as an evergreen Strangelove-style satire. Also a fan of L.A. Confidential as a nook-and-cranny movie. · stances: Zodiac is a masterpiece and a movie to live inside; Fincher's real genius is blocking and staging, not flash; Fight Club is a durable satire; Digital can look gorgeous

The shows' running bits (2)

[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)
[bits] Blank Check: The box office game (Guessing the film's opening weekend and what it was up against); The sung theme ("Blank Check with Griffin and David", sung; the transcriber garbles it)

The whole prompt

As the model gets it, from app/Ai/Prompts/CorpusAsk.md

You are a clerk at Video Culture, a video store. A customer just finished Dr. Strangelove (1964) and wants to know what to watch next.

Below is what people who love movies said on three podcasts (Blank Check, The Rewatchables, The Big Picture) about Dr. Strangelove (1964) and the films around it, one line each. Every line starts with where it came from, in brackets: [show · episode · time · speaker (how sure we are it was them)]. A [pairs] line says how often two films were put side by side. A [speaker] line says what that person likes. A [bits] line lists a show's running bits: a format, not an opinion.

[Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita · 1:20:10 · unknown (0.00)] Lolita → Dr. Strangelove · programming · Unlike Strangelove, Lolita had no prior Kubrick-Sellers connection. · "Because it's not like Strange Love where you're like, okay, there's a pre-existing connection now."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:48:54 · David Sims (0.55)] Red Alert (novel) ⇒ Dr. Strangelove (the host's read) · lineage · The speaker says Dr. Strangelove is based on Peter George's serious nuclear thriller Red Alert. · "so he scoops up this book called Red Alert, which is, of course, what Dr. Strangelove is based on by Peter George that is a serious nuclear thriller."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 0:22:29 · David Sims (0.40)] Paths of Glory ↔ Dr. Strangelove · lineage · Strangelove is the nearest thing Kubrick made to Paths of Glory afterward, both being people talking through absurdity. · "the closest thing he's made to this since this is Strangelove, because Strangelove is also people talking through absurdity by and large"
[Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange · 0:47:02 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ A Clockwork Orange · theme · Strangelove, 2001, and this film are the clearest examples of his theme of technology that hastens man's downfall. · "Dr. Strangelove in 2001. And this movie are very literal examples of that, of that theme for sure."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:29:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.55)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ Tootsie · theme · Speaker says Strangelove and Tootsie are both extremely funny but feel important to the industry. · "Well, this movie and Totsie have a lot in common, right?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:31:14 · unknown (0.30)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ Network · theme · Network is called another movie that gets an impossible tone right, with dramatic actors rather than comedians. · "But that's another movie that's similarly like this gets sort of an impossible tone right."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 2:01:46 · David Sims (0.75)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ Seven Days in May · theme · Seven Days in May is a serious political thriller with a similar vibe about the military clashing with the president. · "It's another political thriller with kind of a similar vibe, but it's serious,"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 0:12:05 · David Sims (0.40)] Paths of Glory ↔ Dr. Strangelove · theme · Strangelove pushes the same absurdity far enough for jokes, so the two films are more closely linked than the speaker had thought. · "Like Doctor Strangelove pushes it into a level of absurdity where you can actually have jokes."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:23:50 · Griffin Newman (0.55)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ Don't Look Up · craft · Speakers compare the ending tags and tone of Don't Look Up against Strangelove's balance of satire and sincerity. · "I remembered that don't look up has a tag, right?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 2:14:11 · Griffin Newman (0.55)] Dr. Strangelove ⇒ Roger Moore Bond films (the host's read) · craft · Speaker says hiring a Bond designer for the war room changed how such rooms look on screen forever, and the Bond movies being covered have war-room sets. · "It is funny how this movie, this hiring a James Bond guy to design the war room, uh, changes the way you're allowed to put these things on screen forever."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 2:04:56 · David Sims (0.45)] The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming ↔ Dr. Strangelove · contrast · Hosts place it near but not as acidic as Dr. Strangelove. · "Not Doctor Strangelove, but you know, like that kind of thing."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:58:51 · David Sims (0.45)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ The Killing · people · Kubrick brought in Sterling Hayden from The Killing for Ripper. · "okay, and then he brings in Sterling Hayden from the killing."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 1:55:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Dr. Strangelove ⇒ The Long Goodbye (the host's read) · people · Speaker says Strangelove was the first time Hayden's personal struggles were put on screen, and later filmmakers used that persona going forward (Godfather, Long Goodbye). · "This is the 1st time when like his personal struggles, like were actualized in a movie, and then I felt like filmmakers only used this in movies going forward"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket · 1:36:54 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ The Shining · verdict · Strangelove ranks lower for the speaker than Barry Lyndon, The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut among Kubrick's funny films. · "I, I, I rank Strange Love lower in the pack of movies I find funny by him."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:50:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ Fail-Safe · industry · Kubrick was offered the novel Fail-Safe; a lawsuit during Strangelove's production meant Fail-Safe had to come out after it, though Columbia released both. · "there was some kind of lawsuit filed during the production of Dr. Strangelove, uh, that meant that Failsafe had to come out after Dr. Strangelove."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac · 0:25:13 · Leslye Headland (0.85)] Fight Club ↔ Dr. Strangelove · satire that holds up · Leslye calls Fight Club a Strangelove-style satire that lasts because male toxicity is evergreen. · "But to me, Fight Club is Doctor Strangelove."
[Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange · 0:44:51 · Alex Ross Perry (0.70)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ 2001: A Space Odyssey · trilogy claim · Ciment suggests a future trilogy; Kubrick, as quoted, rejects any deliberate pattern. · "There is no deliberate pattern to the stories I have chosen to make into films."
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey · 0:49:42 · unknown (0.30)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ 2001: A Space Odyssey · preceded · 2001 came after Dr. Strangelove, as sci-fi was heating up. · "Um, post Dr. Strangelove."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:18:08 · Griffin Newman (0.45)] Lolita ↔ Dr. Strangelove · business context · The speaker says the takeaway from Lolita was that Sellers maybe saved it commercially, so the studio wanted more Sellers for a Kubrick film. · "the takeaway from Lolita was like, sellers maybe saved that movie commercially."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:27:30 · unknown (0.30)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ MacGruber · joke · A joke that the abrupt jump-cut ending is a MacGruber edit and that Kubrick was ripping off MacGruber; not a real claim. · "And Kubrick was actually ripping off McGruber"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 1:22:52 · Griffin Newman (0.65)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming · similar setup · Speaker, a fan as a kid, notes the Russians Are Coming is similar in setup, also a Cold War comedy. · "The Russians are coming as a kid, which is a movie that is like kind of similar in its setup where, and it is also like a comedy about the Cold War."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita · 1:00:23 · unknown (0.00)] Lolita ↔ Dr. Strangelove · improvised method · Sellers improvised on set in both films and Kubrick folded the best improvisations into the script. · "so a lot of that is just sellers, which is going to be the same with Strange Love."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita · 1:20:56 · unknown (0.00)] Lolita → Dr. Strangelove · multiple-Sellers template · The speaker says Lolita is where the multiple-Sellers-characters hit began, which is odd given Lolita comes first. · "It's kind of odd that this is the one that creates that."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:53:55 · David Sims (0.60)] Dr. Strangelove ⇒ Zucker Brothers (the host's read) · lineage · Speaker had a breakthrough that Strangelove must have been a big influence on the Zucker brothers and Jim Abrahams. · "I did finally have the breakthrough watching this of how much of an influence this movie must have been on the Zucker Brothers and John Abrahams."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 1:28:44 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Bob Newhart ⇒ Dr. Strangelove (the host's read) · lineage · Speaker feels Newhart's one-sided phone-call format and his 1960 albums were a heavy influence on the President's call with the Soviet premier. · "I feel like a heavy influence on the way the president's phone call with Russia play out in this movie."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket · 1:38:28 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Peter Sellers ↔ Dr. Strangelove · people · Kubrick by his own admission let Peter Sellers figure out the comedy. · "I will let Peter Sellers figure this part of the movie out."
[pairs] Dr. Strangelove ↔ Lolita · said 4 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Dr. Strangelove ↔ 2001: A Space Odyssey · said 2 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Dr. Strangelove ↔ The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming · said 2 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Dr. Strangelove ↔ Paths of Glory · said 2 times in 1 episode
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:11:32 · Griffin Newman (0.55)] Dr. Strangelove · fun · Mandrake's story about being captured by the Japanese is called the funniest part of the movie. · "Mandrake talking about being captured by the Japanese is the funniest part of this whole movie."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:23:11 · David Sims (0.45)] Dr. Strangelove · fun · The release was delayed by the Kennedy assassination; a speaker also notes the President is the last reasonable president in an American satire, because Kennedy was in office. · "this movie was delayed because of the assassination of Kennedy."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:26:51 · unknown (0.30)] Dr. Strangelove · fun · The ending was supposed to be an extended pie fight. Kubrick watched it, found it too silly, and cut it, so the film ends abruptly on a jump cut to an explosion. · "this movie was supposed to end with this extended pie fight, which would have been like the broadest sequence in the movie."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:28:13 · Griffin Newman (0.65)] Dr. Strangelove · fun · AFI's 100 Years 100 Laughs ranked Strangelove third, behind Tootsie and Some Like It Hot, and Blockbuster displayed the tapes together. · "I watched this because AFI in the year 2000 did their 100 years, 100 laughs"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:50:42 · David Sims (0.40)] Dr. Strangelove · fun · Failsafe was released later because of a lawsuit, though Columbia put out both films. · "And Columbia put out both movies so they didn't care."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... · 0:53:20 · David Sims (0.50)] Dr. Strangelove · fun · The first page of the screenplay says the story will be played for realistic comedy and the acting will never be so-called comedy acting. · "The 1st page of the screenplay says, the story will be played for realistic comedy"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita · 0:41:05 · unknown (0.30)] Stanley Kubrick ↔ Lolita · lineage · Kubrick (per the dossier) places Lolita in the lineage of illicit love stories like Romeo and Juliet. · "If you consider Romeo and Juliet, Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, the red and the black."
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey · 0:54:01 · unknown (0.30)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ↔ 2001: A Space Odyssey (novel) · programming · Film and Clarke's novel were developed side by side, each holding the other hostage. · "But the 2 of them were being done in tandem."
[The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:32:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] Paths of Glory ↔ Rashomon · programming · Bonus recommendations that are not strictly courtroom movies. · "Paths of Glory the other day, which I don't think is a great courtroom movie"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 2:07:00 · Griffin Newman (0.35)] The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming ↔ It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World · lineage · As a kid, the speaker watched it as 'another thing like' Mad Mad Mad Mad World. · "it's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad world that my parents were like, here's another thing like that."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club · 2:43:02 · unknown (0.35)] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Fight Club · programming · Fight Club is called the Clockwork Orange of another generation, an Edge Lord pick. · "This is kind of the clockwork Orange for another generation."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita · 1:44:25 · unknown (0.00)] Lolita ↔ Lolita (Adrian Lyne version) · lineage · The Lyne version does what Kubrick's could not and is called boring and unsuccessful. · "there's the line movie that does everything he couldn't do."
[Blank Check · Dune · 1:12:45 · unknown (0.40)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Silent Running (the host's read) · lineage · 2001 spawned heady, serious, clean sci-fi like Silent Running. · "2001 leads to a spat of things like silent running, you know, these movies that are like very heady."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 1:46:21 · David Sims (0.75)] Paths of Glory ↔ The Bridge on the River Kwai · programming · Box office game: Kwai, the 1957 Best Picture winner, was number one the week Paths of Glory went wide. · "number one at the box office, the week, the paths of glory goes wide, is the best picture winner of 1957"
[The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ · 0:22:08 · Adam Nayman (0.55)] A Clockwork Orange ⇒ Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (the host's read) · lineage · The contrapuntal needle drop descends from Singin' in the Rain in Clockwork Orange and Stuck in the Middle with You in Reservoir Dogs. · "all the way back to singing in the rain in Clockwork Orange or stuck in the middle with you in, in, in, in Reservoir dogs."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita · 1:47:47 · unknown (0.30)] Lolita (1955 novel) ⇒ Lolita (the host's read) · lineage · The 1962 film is adapted from Nabokov's novel; the speaker reads Crowther's review saying the film keeps the names and a resemblance of plot. · "They made a movie from a script in which the characters have the same name as the characters in the book, and the plot bears a resemblance to the original"
[Blank Check · Dune · 2:54:20 · unknown (0.40)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read) · lineage · 2010 was made because the novel sequel existed, a movie made just because they had to. · "Because Arthur C. Clark had come out with a 2010 novel."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 0:25:11 · unknown (0.30)] Paths of Glory ⇒ The Wire (the maker said so: David Simon cites it regularly) · lineage · David Simon reportedly cites Paths of Glory as the number one influence on The Wire: institutions chewing up the people on the ground. · "David Simon cites this regularly as the number one influence on the wire?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange · 1:20:24 · unknown (0.30)] Anthony Burgess ⇒ A Clockwork Orange (the host's read) · lineage · The film adapts Burgess's novel, and Kubrick found he had to change very little. · "Kubrick reads the book and is like, I didn't have to do much."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl · 2:18:15 · unknown (0.30)] Lolita ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so: In the commentary) · theme · On the commentary Fincher says he wanted a Claire Quilty type for Desi and found it in Neil Patrick Harris. · "Fincher said he wanted a Claire quilty type and he's like, what's a modern Claire quilty type?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:02:34 · unknown (0.40)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read) · lineage · 2010 is the sequel to 2001; the speaker's reaction to the Kubrick film is the benchmark throughout. · "And I said, oh, you know, 2010, the sequel to 2001 and they were like, the what?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 0:25:22 · unknown (0.30)] Paths of Glory ⇒ David Simon (the maker said so: David Simon cites it regularly) · lineage · The speaker calls Paths of Glory a Rosetta Stone for Simon's stories of institutions versus the people below. · "this is the sort of Rosetta Stone, if you will, for him."
[Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange · 1:22:36 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60)] Vinyl ↔ A Clockwork Orange · lineage · The speakers note there is an unwatchable Warhol version of this same book. · "Well, of course, you know, you mentioned Warhol, but of course there's the unwatchable Warhol version of this book."
[speaker] David Sims · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Prepares history: novel, casting, budgets, box office. Reveres the film and thinks it reads as a normal ground-level story. A sucker for Hollywood deal backstory and box office game. · stances: Praises Keitel and Dafoe casting; Respects Scorsese's persistence and Corman discipline; The film is now well regarded though not 'canonical Marty'
[speaker] Griffin Newman · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Calls Last Temptation his college-era favorite Scorsese; loves Scorsese's smaller 80s and the film's closing transcendence and Gabriel score. Cannot stand fundamentalist outrage at it. A sucker for casting trivia and Tom Cruise-silliness. · stances: Hot take: Last Temptation structurally mirrors New York, New York as a better version; Outrage over the film is stupid; it is respectful to Jesus; Scorsese's smaller 80s work beats his later baroque phases
[speaker] Sean Fennessey · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · Loves gory, funny, fast genre movies with craft and confidence, especially 87-minute films that never overstay. Can't stand ponderous elevated horror that fills out its runtime with introspection and sad family history. A sucker for the Carpenter-era lineage, Die Hard homages, and directors who break studio dogma. · stances: Resident Evil is one of the best films of the year; Horror movies have become a drag; fun genre experiences are needed; Short running times are a virtue; Video-game films work best when great filmmakers get creative license
[speaker] Alex Ross Perry · latest sketch, Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club · Loves Fight Club as a formative film he saw at the AMC Marple on opening night and again on Saturday, and says it still ranks among his heart picks despite finding it juvenile now. Respects a movie that looks good. Cannot stand the Fincher perfectionist myth, and thinks his push for digital had a bad influence. A sucker for Zodiac, which he ranks first. · stances: Fight Club is a time capsule: deeply embarrassing to admire but loved spiritually; Fincher's perfectionist myth and digital proselytizing are overrated; The second half and Project Mayhem say nothing new; Zodiac is the best Fincher
[speaker] Leslye Headland · latest sketch, Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac · Loves Zodiac as part of a Mount Rushmore (Zodiac, The Shining, Back to the Future, The Apartment) and watched it daily at a low point in her life. Adores blocking and staging as the true mark of the greats, loves Fincher's digital photography, and sees Fight Club as an evergreen Strangelove-style satire. Also a fan of L.A. Confidential as a nook-and-cranny movie. · stances: Zodiac is a masterpiece and a movie to live inside; Fincher's real genius is blocking and staging, not flash; Fight Club is a durable satire; Digital can look gorgeous
[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)
[bits] Blank Check: The box office game (Guessing the film's opening weekend and what it was up against); The sung theme ("Blank Check with Griffin and David", sung; the transcriber garbles it)

Recommend three to six films, and only films that appear in these lines. A series, a TV film, or a franchise counts too when a line recommends it or pairs it with Dr. Strangelove (1964); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend Dr. Strangelove (1964) itself. For each one, give one short reason in your own words and say whose reason it is: the show, named exactly as the brackets name it, and the speaker when the line names one (an "unknown" speaker is just the show). If the lines are thin, say so plainly rather than stretching them.

Keep a contrast a contrast. When a line sets two films apart, the reason is how they differ; never turn it into a way they're alike. A line with ⇒ puts the source first and what drew on it second, and one marked "the maker said so" is still the host reporting it: say who said it, and never state an influence as fact.

You know only what's on these lines. Add no fact they don't state: not who directed a film, not what kind of film it is, not when it came out, unless a line says so. Say nothing about the store or how anything rents here.

Talk the way a clerk talks to a customer at the counter: plain text, titles written plainly with no asterisks or other markup, no headings, no lists of more than six, no JSON.