— The Russian aim is just to dominate the world. They think that communism must succeed eventually if the Soviet Union is left reasonably intact. They do know that a war would leave the Soviet Union utterly destroyed. Therefore, they would surrender.
— But suppose they feel they can knock us off first?
— They know we might have a doomsday system — missiles that will go into action days, even weeks after a war is over, and destroy an enemy even after that enemy has already destroyed us.

Lumet, Matthau et Fonda. Un beau noir et blanc pour raconter la mainmise de la technologie sur l’humain, la folie d’un monde bipolaire et le passage de la guerre froide à la guerre nucléaire. Pas de tape-à-l’œil, pas de violons, pas d’effets spéciaux. Un grand film.