Precious Bodily Fluids Thread

[kentauros]

P O E

[Lionel Mandrake]

1. This is where Kubrick tips his hand to the audience.

We already know that General Ripper is a fervent anti-communist in a position to start World War III.

Now we discover that he's psychotic.

That's a bad combination, to say the least.

[kentauros]

2. I also like the camera angle.

It makes me think of some of the camera angles used in Citizen Kane

Gen. Turgidson's reading of the transcript where he has to mention the "fluids" part is pretty funny, too

[Lionel Mandrake]

4. The low camera angle made Gen. Ripper seem big and powerful,

as indeed he was. Sterling Hayden was a big guy. Compare his performance as a heavy in "The Godfather".

The measured phrases, with pauses, showed that Gen. Ripper was confident. He knew in his heart that he was doing the right thing, and that nobody could stop him.

As I remember, General Turgidson slowed down and looked confused when he got to the "precious bodily fluids".

All the actors were funny as hell. It's hard to say which scene was the funniest.

IMHO this is Kubrick's best movie.

[HopeHoops]

3. PJ

[unionworks]

5. OMG!

Not flouridated water!

[kentauros]

6. The very same!

Better start collecting rainwater and fermenting your own grain alcohol

It's an international Communist conspiracy, after all

[unionworks]

7. I am assuming

that the younger people on here know tat the "precious bodily fluids" thing originated with the John Birch Society...

[kentauros]

8. I may have known that at one time,

so thank you for reminding me

So, can I include myself in "the younger people" at age 50?

[unionworks]

9. Sure

you can include yourself! Age 54 here! We had a city council member here in Erie, Pa., a WW2 vet and an outstanding democrat. He hosted "Prairie Home companion" when they were in Erie. However, he had that cold war thing going on. till his dying day he fought - successfully- to keep our water from being flouridated. They had to wait until he passed away to do it, he was that powerful.

[Lionel Mandrake]

11. I didn't know that, and I'm not young.

I did remember that the Birchers thought Ike was a tool of the communists. This was enough to alienate the more intellectual conservatives, like William F. Buckley.

My friend Wikipedia tells me that the Birchers

"opposed water fluoridation, which it ... saw as a communist plot to poison Americans."

Read more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birch_Society

[Lionel Mandrake]

10. My dentist doesn't approve of fluoridation.

His reason has nothing to do with the international communist conspiracy.

Nowadays people drink so much bottled water that it's impossible to tell how much fluoride the kids are getting if the tap water is fluoridated. It's important that they get just the right amount. He can make sure of that only for kids who live in a neighborhood where the water is not fluoridated.