10 More Movies With Seriously Insane Details You Didn't Notice

1. Stanley Kubrick Insisted On Specific Prop Colours...For A Black & White Movie - Dr. Strangelove

Anyone who knows anything about Stanley Kubrick will attest to the iconic filmmaker's demanding, even dictatorial reputation.

And while it's well-noted that he effectively caused Shelley Duvall to suffer a mental breakdown on The Shining and generally infuriated actors with his preference for countless takes of seemingly menial moments, you probably don't know about his totally excessive attention-to-detail on his 1964 war satire classic Dr. Strangelove.

The famous War Room set is most memorably distinguished by a gigantic table around which American military officials discuss the prospect of bombing Russia (at considerable risk to their own citizens, no less).

And despite the film being shot in black-and-white, Kubrick had extremely particular designs on how the table should look, namely lighting it from above and covering it with green baize so that it should resemble a classic poker table.

The idea was for Kubrick to sell the notion that these officials were effectively gambling with the lives of ordinary people, and yet, the idea was lost on everyone watching because that green baize simply looked like any regular, boring table top in monochrome.

In Kubrick's slight defense, he claimed the choice was more for the actors than the audience, to remind them of the scene's surreal allegory, even if it feels like a rather drastic feat of production design for how few people ever actually got to see it in colour.