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In Reply to: Catch 22 rerun on AMC posted by edta on February 10, 2002 at 19:55:53:
The movie is probably as good as it was possible to make from such a deep and convoluted book. The novel is, IMHO, one of the great books of my lifetime.I agree with your praise of Arkin. He's always been very good. The cast of Catch-22 is first-rate. I especially like Richard Benjamin and Buck Henry. And Martin Balsam as the officer without a clue is so funny.
Those of us who served in the military in the Vietnam era have a special affinity for this book. Absurd as some of the situations are, they ring true. The twisted logic that is Catch-22 is not that far from real military thinking.
I don't watch the movie any more. The book is so good and the movie is good but only a pale shadow of the book. Read it and you won't be sorry. It is very long but worth the time.
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