paradoxical

Geovanny 2022-02-24 08:02:27

I chose to watch this movie mainly because of my interest in the word catch-22.
What an amazing thing that a number named after "catch-22" has become a term!
What exactly is catch-22? It is used to describe an inescapable dilemma caused by any self-contradictory, illogical regulation or condition. That is, the logical "dilemma" proposition.
Do not understand is not it?
Check out this original dialogue
Yossarian looked at him soberly and tried another approach. "Is Orr crazy?" "He sure is," Doc Daneeka said. "Can you ground him?" "I sure can. But first he has to ask me to. That's part of the rule." "Then why doesn't he ask you to?" "Because he's crazy," Doc Daneeka said. "He has to be crazy to keep flying combat missions after all the close calls he's had. Sure, I can ground Orr. But first he has to ask me to." "That's all he has to do to be grounded?" "That's all. Let him ask me." "And then you can ground him?" Yossarian asked. "No. Then I can't ground him." "You mean there's a catch?" "Sure there's a catch," Doc Daneeka replied. "Catch-22.Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy." you don't understand what it's talking about until you see it at the last moment;

Speaking of the movie itself, it's a bit like catch-22. There are certain scenes that keep repeating, such as Shi's death on the plane , like Asahi was assassinated...

However, when the subtitles came up, you suddenly understood again what the whole play was about.
Nothing more than a soldier. He was tired of the endless flying and the mean faces in the army, so he kept thinking about running away, but couldn't run away, catch-22 blocked him, and no one could help him except himself. In the end, he can only be himself! crazy?why not?so he used a rubber boat to escape the war...

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Extended Reading
  • Citlalli 2022-03-25 09:01:21

    Although the characteristics of the novel are like this, the film is too loose and it loses a certain degree of observability, diluting the sense of absurdity. In contrast, the drama version is better in series.

  • Julia 2022-02-24 08:02:27

    The original is my favorite!

Catch-22 quotes

  • Capt. Nately: Don't you have any principles?

    Old man in whorehouse: Of course not!

    Capt. Nately: No morality?

    Old man in whorehouse: I'm a very moral man, and Italy is a very moral country. That's why we will certainly come out on top again if we succeed in being defeated.

    Capt. Nately: You talk like a madman.

    Old man in whorehouse: But I live like a sane one. I was a fascist when Mussolini was on top. Now that he has been deposed, I am anti-fascist. When the Germans were here, I was fanatically pro-German. Now I'm fanatically pro-American. You'll find no more loyal partisan in all of Italy than myself.

    Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

    Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.

    Capt. Nately: How do you know?

    Old man in whorehouse: Because I am 107-years-old. How old are you?

    Capt. Nately: I'll be 20 in January.

    Old man in whorehouse: If you live.

  • Maj. Major Major Major: Is something wrong?

    Tappman: No, no. I... just thought I saw something.

    Maj. Major Major Major: A naked man in a tree?

    Tappman: Yes, that's it.

    Danby: [looking through binoculars] That's just Yossarian.