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His masterpiece 'Dr. Strangelove' remains cinema's most incisive dark comedy about nuclear war paranoia and Cold War deterrence doctrine.

His films like 'Stalker' and 'The Mirror' deeply explore the psychological and existential dread of living under nuclear threat through philosophical science fiction.

His films including 'Enemy' and 'Sicario' examine the paranoia and moral corruption inherent in nuclear-age geopolitics and surveillance states.