War Movie: Catch-22 (1970) Nov 9, 2008
Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22 came to the big screen in 1970 ... Catch-22 and its anti-war theme landed in movie theaters in 1970 ... A big-budget production, Catch-22 stars Alan Arkin as the film's protagonist, with Richard Benjamin, Jon Voight, Martin Balsam, Bob Newhart and Anthony Perkins in strong support. (Suite101.com)
N.H. Film Festival review: Thursday films Oct 17, 2008
The 15-minute film explores that Catch-22 in an impressive, mature and sensitive way. CUTLASS. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Will arrest bring Serbia back to Europe? Jul 27, 2008
Within Serbia, however,the approach created a deadly Catch-22 ... In the end, the Catch-22 consumed Mr. Djindjic. (Globe and Mail)
Horror pictures Jun 29, 2008
" muses Errol Morris at the beginning of Standard Operating Procedure, his film about the soldiers convicted of torturing prisoners at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. It is four years since those photographs of near-naked men with bags over their heads one on the end of a leash, one standing on a box with wires attached to him were released into the world, but nobody who saw them will forget them easily. They were brutal and sordid. Those photographs, says Morris, "changed the war in... (The Age, Australia)
Ben Affleck is scared but excited by his directing debut Apr 11, 2008
For so long, I've seen the guy go out there -- and he has as much if not more talent than anybody -- and not get a chance to prove himself because of this catch-22 of you can't get a job if you're not famous enough to mean something at the box office. You can't mean something at the box office if you can't get a job to prove it or develop that. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Mini movie reviews Dec 28, 2007
" By placing somewhat realistic-looking, CGI-animated chipmunks in a live-action film, director Tim Hill (who helmed the 2006 flop "Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties") hopes to enliven the old chipmunks, created nearly 50 years ago by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. After their tree is chopped down and brought to Los Angeles, they are soon taken in by out-of-work musician Dave Seville (Jason Lee). He's offset by comedian David Cross, who plays a music executive with skewering sliminess. The biggest failure... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Readers prefer Vonnegut to Mailer, Styron Nov 16, 2007
Other writers of that era remain favorites, such as Joseph Heller, whose Catch-22 has a similar satirical appeal to Slaughterhouse-Five, and Truman Capote, whose popularity was greatly helped by the release of two movies based on his writing of his nonfiction crime novel, In Cold Blood. . (MSNBC -- News)
A tale of two wars Nov 10, 2007
My dad's war stories were a combination of Apocalypse Now and Catch-22. He fought in the South Pacific, where everyone got jungle rot and invisible Japs lurked in the foliage, close by but always out of sight. (Globe and Mail)
ISSUES & IDEAS Nov 4, 2007
Questions, answers with some authors who'll be at the Book Fair - 11/03/2007 - MiamiHerald (The Miami Herald)
Aquila Theatre presents Shakespeare and Heller Nov 2, 2007
This week the New York-based Aquila Theatre Company will visit Pitt County to perform two plays, "The Life and Death of Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare and "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller ... "Julius Caesar" will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at East Carolina University's Wright Auditorium and "Catch-22" will take the stage the following day, Thursday, at the same time and place ... "Catch-22" is a satricial and historical fictional play adapted from the novel of the same name by... (The Daily Reflector)
Theater's lost war Sep 17, 2007
To that end, the University of Alaska Anchorage theater season includes a light romantic comedy as well as "We Bombed in New Haven," a dark satire about an unnamed war written by "Catch-22" author and World War II veteran Joseph Heller. "I wish things were going better in Iraq for our troops," said Tom Skore, director of "We Bombed" and chairman of UAA's theater department. (Anchorage Daily News)
Peek inside Klaus' 'Elvis Is Titanic' Aug 30, 2007
The scene resulted from one of those economies peculiar to war, such as Joseph Heller captured so well in Catch-22. In Heller's mordant satire of the Second World War, Milo Minderbinder achieves notoriety and riches by buying high and selling low, thanks to the often peculiar constructs of wartime economies. (USA Today -- Life)
Hangar's Rent Increase Leaves Historic Bomber's Future Up In Air Jun 15, 2007
After a star turn in the movie "Catch-22," it was purchased by Mike Pupich. MIKE PUPICH, HEAVENLY BODY OWNER: As a little boy, I was used to see them fly. (NBC4.tv, CA)
Counter-culture guru master of black humour Apr 14, 2007
His book, Slaughterhouse-Five, based on the Allied bombing of Dresden, became an anti-war classic ranked with Joseph Heller's Catch-22. "So it goes", the laconic sentence that appeared after each mention of death in the book, embodied Vonnegut's fatalistic shrug at the absurdities of life and death. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
CBS fires Don Imus from radio show amid protests over his comments Apr 13, 2007
"Vonnegut's works -- more than a dozen novels plus short stories, essays and plays -- contained elements of social commentary, science fiction and autobiography. Hours after his death, "Slaughterhouse-Five" had jumped to the top 10 on Amazon.com, while "Cat's Cradle" and the nonfiction "A Man Without a Country" had reached the top 40.Vonnegut's longtime friend and manager, Donald Farber, said there would be no public memorial, only a private gathering of family and friends. He also said that... (North County Times)
The fatal flaw Mar 31, 2007
As Joseph Heller was the first to admit, Catch-22 is more about the cold war than the second world war. So how does Blair feature, as a character, in the fiction of his time. (Guardian Unlimited)
Bed, Bath and the NYT: Mar 14, 2007
" ... [snip]This shared desire could be another crucial force in helping maintain the integrity of Iraq. The catch-22 of Iraqi politics is that any Iraqi government created or supported by the United States is instantly suspect in Iraqi eyes. By the same token, a nationalist government that succeeds in ushering U.S. forces out of Iraq would have overwhelming support from most Iraqis on most sides of the conflict. With that support, such a government might be able to make the difficult... (Slate)
Australia embarrass England Jan 26, 2007
Duncan Bonnett has sent the email of the day: "Does the argument put forward by the old Italian in Catch-22 not resonate with English supporters of this rather wan team: "You put so much stock in winning wars," the grubby iniquitous old man scoffed. "The real trick lies in losing wars, in knowing which wars can be lost. Italy has been losing wars for centuries, and just see how splendidly we've done nonetheless. (Guardian Unlimited)
Soldiers' story with twist Jan 21, 2007
Baron Nishi (Tsuyoshi Ihara) might have stepped from the pages of Catch-22, an aristocratic equestrian medal winner at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, completely out of place on Iwo Jima. When the battle begins, the outcome is inevitable. (The Palm Beach Post)
