Dr. Strangelove
Apparently, they almost called Dr. Strangelove, “How I Learned to Stop Worrying About the Bomb.” From the very beginning, this film was made as an absurdist piece. The film centered on nuclear war paranoia. Actually, the movie team chose to not write a standard, full script. All of the cast improvised and created something called a ‘retro-script’ where they combined those lines. However, the film’s most iconic thing has to be the Nazi salute from Dr. Strangelove.
Dr. Strangelove
Zoolander
Wow, seeing Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) go through dating life and even delving into non-profit was absolutely hilarous. Stiller was the perfect fit in Zoolander. Anyway, this improvised moment came when Zoolander is with the hand-model J.P. Prewitt (David Duchovny) in the graveyard. Right after Prewitt finished a whole monologue explaining the reason male models are perfect assassins, Stiller accidentally delivered the same line, “Why male models?” So, Duchovny went with Stiller’s error and acted frustrated at Zoolander’s short attention span. The resulting moment came out flawlessly and totally fit Zoolander’s persona.
Zoolander