12pt9<p><a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/Bales2023FilmChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bales2023FilmChallenge</span></a> April 5: A <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/movie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movie</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/FilmedInNebraska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FilmedInNebraska</span></a> for <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/NationalNebraskaDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalNebraskaDay</span></a></p><p>The one that got bombed by Strangelove. </p><p>Both Lumet's Fail Safe and <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/Kubrick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kubrick</span></a>'s <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColdWar</span></a> comedy came out in 1964, right after the <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/CubaCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CubaCrisis</span></a>. The world was awash with the realisation that the bomb, The Bomb, wasn't merely proverbial flexing. And when crisis happens, there are two options. One is to laugh, the other is to grasp. Sadly for Lumet, and the world, his Fail Safe was released while everyone was still too busy chuckling. </p><p><a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cinema</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/Nebraska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nebraska</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/SidneyLumet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SidneyLumet</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/FailSafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FailSafe</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/HenryFonda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HenryFonda</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/WalterMatthau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WalterMatthau</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/FilMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FilMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/CineMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CineMastodon</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/film" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>film</span></a></span> <a href="https://letterboxd.com/12pt9/list/bales2023filmchallenge/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">letterboxd.com/12pt9/list/bale</span><span class="invisible">s2023filmchallenge/</span></a></p>