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Bluenorthwest

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17. For those who love Strangelove and Kubrick, note the genius of Terry Southern

Reply to arely staircase (Original post)

Fri Jan 24, 2014, 11:04 AM

Jan 2014

who wrote the screenplay and all of those lines folks like to quote. Kubrick brought Southern in when he decided to make Strangelove a comedy. Southern wrote The Magic Christian, The Loved One, Cincinnati Kid, co wrote Easy Rider screenplay.....Stanley was great, but Terry was funny and great. It took them both to make this film what it is, along with the cast of brilliant performers.

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