The China Syndrome vs. Dr. Strangelove / Fear & Burlesque

Abstract: A 6 page analysis of these two films, directed by James Bridges and Stanley Kubrick respectively. The paper looks at the very different ways fear of technology is handled in these two movies, and concludes that while both movies show that technology in the hands of inept or unprincipled people can lead to disaster, Dr. Strangelove is able to express that fear through satire because the American people were losing the immediacy of their fear of being bombed. The China Syndrome expresses that fear directly because its topic is as close as today's news. No bibliography.

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Catagory: Film & Television

Subcatagory: Music, Film, Television, Theater & Photography

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