Adapted from the classic, absurdist, anti-war novel by Joseph Heller. "Catch-22" is the story of Yossarian, a pilot who trys to opt out of flying bombing missions by being declared insane, the catch being that anyone trying to avoid bombing missions by being insane must be sane. This dark classic catches much of the flavour of the book, the insanity, the corruption and the absurdity of war. Think MASH, but non-linear - flawed but awesome.
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DR STRANGELOVE (1963)
CertificationPG Our Rating
A psychotic American commander worried about the subversive effects of water fluoridisation on his "vital bodily fluids" starts off an attack on the Soviet Union. No-one can stop the fighters and no-one, as yet, knows about the failsafe Doomsday Machine. Brilliant black comedy.
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NO MAN'S LAND (2002)
Certification15 Our Rating
Three men are trapped in between their lines, two Bosnian and one Serb, while the beaurocracy of the UN peacekeeping force and the world's media rages around them. Tanovic's 'No Man's Land' is a masterfully dark satire on the absurdity of war, a film that manages to be genuinely funny and painfully sad while also allowing us an insight into the basic humanity but also idiocy and ingrained bigotry of those who hold the weapons.
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