NP, but Kubrick

[Tom Beshear]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Alert_(novel)

Yeah, the source novel was a straight-ahead Cold War thriller -- the wiki entry for Red Alert is interesting for showing how close the novel plot is to the later Fail-Safe. The author sued for plagiarism and won a settlement.
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  From: rich 
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  I think it was based on a "straight' no laughs story. Kubrick realized it was so 'horrific' he had to turn into a black comedy if memory serves

  rich


  On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Monte Davis <montedavis at verizon.net> wrote:

    Speaking of K:
    It's my hazy recollection that the string "How I learned to stop worrying
    and love [x]" already had some currency before its appearance as sub/alter
    title to Dr. Strangelove. It's always had the flavor of parody, verbal
    sendup, but the original is 100% subsumed by now. Was it echoing the title
    of a memoir, a self-help  book? Or am I making this up? Au secours, Boomers
    and wannabes!

    MD

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    http://www.openculture.com/2012/04/stanley_kubricks_very_first_films_three_s
    hort_documentaries.html

    LK



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