Nov 15 2010
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Finally …… one of those DVD re-releases I’ve been practically holding my breath for, and was not disappointed. This criminally overlooked gem was trashed by critics upon its release in 1970, and never enjoyed a video transfer qualified of the filmmaker’s pain, not even on laserdisc! And as you can recognize from the varying reviews, the controversy rages on. Which unprejudiced proves how alive and well and timely a film Catch-22 truly is.
Mike Nichols captures the essence of Joseph Heller’s defining anti-war classic quite admirably, with a faithful adaptation by Buck Henry (who can be seen along with a veritable Who’s Who period ensemble cast), with an stare as removed and impartial as Kubrick, yet at times very visually subjective ….. an come venerable to enormous advantage in his previous hit film The Graduate. All the verbal and ethical contradictions of the book bring its murky humor to demented life, through a kaleidoscopic cavalcade of archtypical characters who originate up the living nightmare of one Captain Yossarian, who has decided he can no longer occupy to soar the combat missions his superiors have made it impossible to rep out of. To glean out of flying, he has to be officially diagnosed as “crazy”, and must interrogate to be grounded ….. but if he requests to be grounded, then he’s not really crazy, and is therefore eligible to support flying missions. That’s some bag, that Catch-22.
This film, like the book on which it’s based, is not so distinguished an indictment of the insanity of war as it is a discover at how the corporate mentality can gain its design into the noblest of causes, and how beurocratic manipulations devaluate basic human principles, which buy a encourage seat to merely “looking superb”. A timeless theme indeed. This skewed logic is cheerfully celebrated by all the story’s characters ….. until our Yossarian’s eyes are opened to the product of that logic literally disemboweled at his fingertips (yes, that scene was attach help in!), and suddenly he is the outsider whose prime mission is to avoid any more missions. Which is not an easy thing to do when Brass keeps adding more after you’ve completed your tour of duty.
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As far as the transfer itself: It has probably never looked better since the modern theatrical release over 30 years ago, especially being the first widescreen release of this title, which is the only contrivance to experience it as intended. The transfer team did the best they could with the mono soundtrack, I’m obvious, which does come by compressed and distorted at times, something we enthusiasts of early films live with.
Mike Nichols’ Catch-22 may only appreciate cult state, but it is DVD releases like this (and that other oddball, star-studded 60’s curiosity Candy) that perform one truly savor what is being done with this revolutionary medium. Hey, not all movies can be for everybody. Long live the Anti-Blockbusters!
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Catch-22 is based on Joseph Heller’s fresh about an American air execrable in the Mediterranean during World War II. Again, if you are a reader IMHO the book Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 (Barron’s Book Notes) is better, the movie quicker, Starring Alan Arkin and Martin Balsam.
Recommended for fans of Alan Arkin and Martin Balsam.
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