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M*A*S*H（风流医生俏护士）1970

RobertAltman'santi-establishmentcomedytduringtheKoreanWarbutsatirisingtheUSVietnamwar

onaldSutherland,ElliotGouldandRobertDuvall

'IwonderhowadepravedpersonlikethatcouldhavereachedapositionofresponsibilityintheArmy

MedicalCorps,'enquiresthestraight-laced'HotLips'Houlihan(Kellerman)ofanarchicsurgeonHawkeye

(Sutherland).'Hewanlisted,'ixchange,it'sclearthatRobertAltman

wasnevergoingtobeanythingotherthanmercilessinhiscritiqueoftheabsurdityofthemilitary.

BadonanovelbyRichardHookerandfollowingthefortunesofagroupofrebellioussurgeonsstationed

inaMobileArmySurgicalHospital(MASH)duringtheKoreanwar,M*A*S*Hisactuallyathinlyveiled

indictmentoftheVietnamconflict(AltmanremovedallreferencestoKoreajusttobesure).Thepuerile

anticsofHawkeye,Trapper(Gould)andDuke(Skerritt)arejuxtapodwithgraphic,bloodyshotsof

surgicalcastohighlighttheterriblewasteoflifethatwarbrings.

Withitsgrainy,washed-outcoloursanddocumentarystylecamera-work,Altmanhascreatedafilmthat

demarkoverlappingdialoguetechniqueisudtofulleffect,

gelyimprovidscriptdrips

withsarcasm,andSutherlandandGouldsparkoffeachotherwithrapierwitanddevastatingput-downs.

OnitsreleaitwastheperfectsummationofthepoliticallychargedtimesandeverythingthatMike

Nichols'imply,it'sAltmanat

hisirreverent,hilariousbest.