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I first became aware of it,
Mandrake. . .
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. . .during the physical act of love.
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Yes, a profound sense of fatigue. . .
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. . .feeling of emptiness followed.
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Luckily, I was able to interpret
these feelings correctly:
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Loss of essence.
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I can assure you
it has not recurred, Mandrake.
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Women. . . . Women sense my power. . .
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. . .and they seek the life essence.
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I don't avoid women, Mandrake. . .
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. . .but I do deny them my essence.
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The other films that were being made
at the time about these themes. . .
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. . .about the idea of nuclear war. . .
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. . .military takeover in the U.S.A. . .
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. . .films like Fail Safe
and Seven Days in May...
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. . .they're very naturalistic
and rather turgid films.
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They have no longevity.
They don't endure.
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They're not films
that you would watch. . .
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. . .for any reason
except out of sociological interest.
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But people will watch Dr. Strangelove
repeatedly because it's so funny.
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That was the genius of Kubrick,
but also his collaborators.
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I mean, he had the massive fortune
to be working with. . .
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. . .two of the funniest people ever
involved in the film industry:
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Terry Southern and Peter Sellers.
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What's happened, you see,
the string in my leg's gone.
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-The what?
-The string.
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I never told you, but, you see. . .
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. . .I've got a gammy leg.
Oh, dear, gone shot off.
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Stanley was his best audience.
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He spent many of the scenes
just being an audience. . .
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. . .not a director.
:40:51
He would simply put cameras
everywhere he could. . .
:40:54
. . .so when Peter
was off flying high. . .
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. . .Stanley says, "I don't want
anything to be lost. "
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He would just lie on his back,
you know, roaring with laughter.