General Ripper's Suicide | Dr. Strangelove | CineStream

[@13thvarebel16]

"Thing is they make such bloody good cameras." That line kills me the way he delivered it after that serious account of his time as a POW.

[@richinoable]

I always wondered if it was improvisation

[@crazymage9636]

Hahahha! That gets me, also the bit when he talks about feeding Jack the belt and ammo always makes me laugh. A fantastic performance.

[@tombriggs5348]

It’s pointing towards capitalism as the overriding power in the world. Same as the coke machine/private property bit.

[@HobartBloke]

​@@richinoableIIRC it was. Sellers was a photography fanatic who hid behind cameras as part of his reluctance to be himself in company. This was an inspired gag at his own expense.

[@jasonwiley798]

The movie is filled with great lines. also "a few good men" My two favorite movies

[@schleichface]

"That's what we need, Jack! Water on the back of the neck and a code."

[@johntaylorson7769]

The two close up shots of Ripper- the earlier one when he had just lit the cigar, imposing and menacing, focussed, his cigar puffing away like a powerful locomotive, his face in heavy shadow. And this one, at the the end, in brighter light, the cigar gone out, a look of exhausted confusion on his sweaty face. Less the macho general, more the senile, demented old man. Of all the insane characters ever caught on film, he's one of the most magnetic.

[@blakephillips5164]

“Feed me you said and I was feeding you jack!” Such an underrated line 😂😂

[@cerberusloyalist5038]

*rubs arm affectionately*

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

"You dropped you gun Jack"

[@paj2184]

Macabre as it is, that's one of my favorite scenes. The dialogue is just 'dripping with irony and Mandrake's feckless effort to ignore the stark reality of Ripper's utter madness and 'reason' wth him, makes the whole thing hilarious, albeit in the 'darkest' way possible. I absolutely LOVE how Sellers delivers that line about the Japanese and their expertise with cameras vs. their propensity for torture. Sellers was a major photography aficionado himself and undoubtedly inserted that zinger (with Kubrick's assent, of course) :)

[@crazymage9636]

Great comment, couldn't have said it better myself.

[@R_Jackson]

Mandrake's effort to remain sanguine throughout and learn the recall code is priceless. "Oh, you're going to have a bit of a wash and brush up, are you, what a good idea!"

[@mxbishop]

Note the complete change in Sellers' face when Ripper says, "You know those clowns outside are going to give me a pretty good going-over in a few minutes . . . for the code." Really excellent acting here.

[@jamesohara4295]

3 spies from England, France and Italy were sent to the USSR. After a week they were captured and put in jail. The Russians took the English spy, tied and tortured him and after 20 minutes he gave all the info. Then the Russians took the French spy. They tied and tortured him, and after 20 minutes he too gave all the info. Then they took the Italian spy and did the same to him, but he didnt give any info. They kept torturing him for 3 hours but with no luck. Eventually they gave up and put him back in the cell. The 2 other spies asked him “How did you do that? They tortured us like crazy!” The Italian replied: “I wanted to give all my info, but they tied my hands up my back :)

[@KawaiiStars]

XD this one got a chuckle off me, quite funny

[@tiriri64]

😂

[@maxwellcrazycat9204]

Now we know how to shut Pelosi up.

[@electronwave4551]

Ripper was worried about being tortured and not being able to stand it because they would have beat him relentless over a matter of minutes to get the code.

[@dwayneleblanc6572]

“No, no, Jack, not a bit of it….I’m sure those boys gave it their very best! And I’m equally sure they all died thinking of you, every man Jack of them!” Sellers is so great in this 😂

[@ruthie8785]

I’m what you might call a water man, Jack!

[@brianbullivant1009]

Between that line and the one about 'no fighting in the war room,' I don't know which is funnier.

[@blueshit199]

0:30 every episode of Flapjack had a shot like that

[@mybrickhead]

"I know I'll have to answer for what I've done... And I think I can." Based

[@VegasViking420]

One thing that's commonly missed is that everyone keeps sayin P.O.E. is the code when if you watch closely the code was actually O.P.E. as in what midwesterners say when they make a mistake or narrowly avoid one.

[@lesliemacmillan9932]

In the novel, *Red Alert*, the code was Joe For King plus the atomic number of fluorine.

[@roberthanawalt3919]

The synopsis on this page has a couple of details wrong. Neither Gen. Turgidson nor the titular Dr. Strangelove was involved in the plot to launch the squadron of B-52's toward the USSR. They were rather cogs in the machine that was the whole subject of this movie.

[@rickfalcon5572]

Mix General Ripper’s last words with that score from the movie Sunshine, 🥺😢. It surprisingly fits well.

[@TheVideoBarron]

Mandrake learned reality, Ripper was taught reality

[@L.CROSS0]

Rippers paranoia and ego really ended the world.

[@mindsharping]

Ripper's suicide, very much in line within the tradition up to WW2 that a German general commits suicide rather than to be captured by the enemy.

[@DRourk]

Not just German.... but also, it was often not as simple as that.

[@mindsharping]

@@DRourk Thanks DRourk. I will read up.

[@rc59191]

I think anyone would off themselves if they were about to be captured by the Reds god knows I would after hearing about what they did to prisoners.

[@mr.mintman7545]

​@@rc59191 Soviet pows had far higher survival rates than German pows. With regard to the comment in question about generals. The only German field marshal captures by the Soviets was Paulus. Who literally ended up fighting for the Soviets against the Germans. So I mean... you're wrong

[@archer8849]

@@mr.mintman7545 Paulus didn't fight. He only agreed to speak out against war and further resistance on radio and later gave his testimony during Nuremberg trials. Also you have it backwards in that first sentence: german pows had higher survival in soviet captivity than soviet pows in german.

[@coralroper6876]

Kind of sad how you can hear Mandrake falling apart at the seams. Not surprising, though.

[@markmarsh27]

Sterling Hayden was a Force Of Nature. Nobody ever played a tough guy better.

[@DerpRulesAll]

Here, he played one who was not so tough superbly as well.

[@MarcillaSmith]

​@@DerpRulesAllit was merely a... profound sense of fatigue.

[@Coolerman565]

Classic! both actors great but Sellers was fantastic.

[@Boxmediaphile]

They make such bloody good cameras lol

[@throwback19841]

This scene is all about two very good actors wanting one thing: the code. Ripper to keep it to himself and maintain his insane plan, and Mandrake doing his best hoping against hope he can get the code, because the thought of brute forcing it either cryptographically or through coercion before the wing cannot be called back is too alien for him and believes his best hope is to talk Ripper out of it.

[@lesliemacmillan9932]

It wouldn't take very long to brute-force a three-letter alphabet code. In the novel the code includes the atomic number of fluorine. I can't remember if that's in the movie, too.

[@TheYates27]

This movie is genius can’t believe I’ve never seen it beginning to end

[@iconoclast137]

peter sellers plays 3 characters who weirdly represent the 3 most prominent "authorities" in society: science, the military, and the government. and they're all idiots. what an amazing performance

[@johnmaisonneuve9057]

It was also planned that Sellers would also plan in addition to the three characters, two more. I’m sure he could have done so, but the result with the three was superb and, of course, fantastic. I believe one of the two would have been the Slim Pinkins’ role, the Air Force head pilot. But, Slim Pinkins was also superb.

[@justicegusting2476]

I’m afraid he portrayed a genius in Dr. Strangelove, old chap.

[@iconoclast137]

@@justicegusting2476 old chap. that is cute and adorable. keep working at it!

[@iconoclast137]

@@johnmaisonneuve9057 yeah Slim Pickens and George C Scott really carry this film above the manic performance from Sellers

[@DerpRulesAll]

Mandrake wasn't an idiot. He was perfectly normal, but surrounded by the insane.

[@roadgent7921]

If those devils come back and try any rough stuff. 😅

[@jameseldridge4185]

Vodka and rain water is actually a good cocktail.

[@OlMrEllis]

I can't help but feel sorry for Ripper. He saw the communists as the eminent and inevitable threat they were and went about trying to stop them in the most outlandish way possible.

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

You know the movie was making fun of people like you, don't you?

[@mister_needles]

​@@saidtoshimaru1832 The movie was making fun of the viewer🤫. Only way to remove a pest living in the walls is to fumigate.

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

@@mister_needles No, really, you sound so much like Dr Strangelove that you should watch the movie again.

[@nickydee569]

​@@saidtoshimaru1832 So what. I'm supposed to be upset or something?

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

@@nickydee569 Concerned, not upset.

[@timdaugherty4014]

General Milley in a nutshell.

[@OlMrEllis]

Milley is a closeted commie

[@jasonwiley798]

This movie reminds of the MAGA CROWD. Conspircies aroung wvery tree.

[@jravalera1]

There’s something wrong with their body and brain fluids.

[@haz4dc394]

Enjoy your old age Jason

[@carlocappello67]

Are you losing the plot mate?

[@haz4dc394]

@@carlocappello67 nothing of the sort mate, old chap.

[@carlocappello67]

@@haz4dc394 well guvna its a bitat to say that innit bruv,mate lad?