Yossarian is mortal, but doesn't want to die. Yossarian is sane, so doesn't want to fly any more bombing missions. Yossarian's bombing mission quotas keep getting raised by his commanders. No rest for mortals, always another chance at getting killed . . .
Catch-22 (1970) suits the age of hyper-links. It intertwines with novels (starting with Joseph Heller's Catch-22, first published in 1961), events, actors, writers, musicians, and via its director -- Mike Nichols -- in a staggering way that can only be suggested here.
To actually enjoy the film in its entirety, though, a viewer might need to be in some form of altered state.
Gang's not quite all here: Art Garfunkel, Charles Grodin, Alan Arkin, Martin Sheen, Jon Voight. Not pictured: Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Buck Henry, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins, Orson Welles, Bob Balaban, Norman Fell, Marcel Dalio. . .
Today's Rune: Warrior.
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Joseph Heller said: Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?
Catch 22 seems to be another term for life.
I was thinking recently that I should read this book.
I've actually only seen the movie, though I own the book. I wonder how Heller must have felt, that his title became a catchphrase and a concept.
The book was originally supposed to be called "Catch-18," but Leon Uris' book Mila 18 was a bestseller at the time, so his publisher pursuaded him to change the title.
I've actually only seen the movie, though I own the book. I wonder how Heller must have felt, that his title became a catchphrase and a concept.
The book was originally supposed to be called "Catch-18," but Leon Uris' book Mila 18 was a bestseller at the time, so his publisher pursuaded him to change the title.
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