Dr. Strangelove is in itself one of the most interesting pieces of cinema in the history of the medium. It captures a moment in world history, and the fear and hysteria associated with it, and translates it into the darkest of comedies. Kubrick came of age after World War II and the start of the Cold War and, like many others during this period, suffered immense anxiety about the potential for nuclear war, fearing that his city native of New York is a likely target. even considered moving to Australia. He began consulting others about the possibility of making the subject of nuclear conflict into a film. Kubrick came across the novel Red Alert and, instead of deciding to make it into a film that seriously addressed the notion of nuclear war, he chose to make the film a satire. It was extremely risky. Only two years after the conclusion of the Cuban Missile Crisis, which nearly plunged the world into a nuclear holocaust, the subject of nuclear war as a subject for film, let alone satire, was considered taboo and in no socially acceptable case....