Mike Nichols – Catch-22 (1970)

Plot Outline: A man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions.

Plot Synopsis: A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way cope with a crazy situation. Catch-22 is a parody of a “military mentality” and of a bureaucratic society in general.

Review: Joseph Heller’s novel was one of the seminal literary events of the 1960s, but Mike Nichols’s film ultimately proved too literal in its attempt to bring Heller’s fragmented fiction to the screen. Still, Nichols, who made this on the heels of The Graduate, seemed the ideal candidate to tackle this Buck Henry adaptation. The story deals with bomber pilot Yossarian (Alan Arkin), who has flown enough missions to get out of World War II but can’t because the number of missions needed for discharge keeps getting raised. The satire and absurdity of Heller’s book get lost in Nichols’s effort to give screen time to the members of his all-star cast, which includes Orson Welles, Jon Voight, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins, Richard Benjamin, and Martin Sheen, among others.

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Language(s):English, Italian
Subtitles:English set