If you loved Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, try The Great Dictator

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Theyboth carry the cerebral mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / War territory. If that's the register that drew you to Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Great Dictator is

A small European town, pre-war tension, a barber's scissors snapping. A Jewish barber dodges storm troopers, a dictator's voice booms over loudspeakers, a double's awkward mimicry unfolds. Chaplin critiques fascist regimes with sly satire.

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