Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Directed by Robert Altman
My rating: 4 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Fox)
Surgeons in a mobile Army surgical hospital, or MASH, deal with harsh conditions in the field and bleak work on wounded soldiers by drinking, pulling pranks and playing golf. Their favorite targets are "regular Army" officers Frank Burns and the new head nurse, exposing through their hypocrisy that of the Vietnam War, which at the time had a striking resemblance to Korea. Altman perfected his style here, a constantly moving pastiche of real life, episodic but never boring. Characters drive the plot and they are some of the most memorable in all of American cinema, with fantastic performances from a large ensemble cast, another Altman trademark.
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