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3. Dr. Strangelove - Kubrick Had Everything Designed To Perfection

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Dr. Strangelove is one of Kubrick's greatest films and also one that has been peppered with his trademark perfectionist touch. 

For the famous War Room set, Kubrick turned down an initial two-level design in favour of a massive triangular concrete room that was 130 feet long, 100 feet wide, and 35 feet high. 150 workers worked on the set, and over 10 miles of electrical cable and thousands of light bulbs was used for the map screens and various lights (despite having the set built out of concrete just so Kubrick could film using natural light). 

Just as a cherry on top, Kubrick insisted that the circular table be covered with green baize, despite the film being black and white and thus not visible on film, just to give off the impression that the actors are 'playing poker for the fate of the world'.

But probably the most remarkable thing Kubrick had commissioned for the film was the B-52 cockpit replica used. At the time, the details of the state-of-the-art B-52 was off-limits to everyone, but Kubrick's production design team had built a replica B-52 cockpit so well that US Air Force personnel couldn't tell the difference. The cockpit replica was so accurate that Kubrick actually feared he and the production design team might get investigated by the FBI for somehow obtaining sensitive B-52 information. 

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