M*A*S*H (1970)

For GLORY & PROPAGANDA this month we already discussed a Vietnam war movie but why not discuss a Korean War movie that is pretty much about the Vietnam War? Today’s discussion is amongst our most comical this month and it’s a film that got passed on by a lot of directors until one particular man took the reigns and established, from this point on, a very prolific and influential style. Robert Altman’s “M*A*S*H” was a such surprise hit in 1970 that it inspired a very successful television show that ran for 11 seasons. It also likely inspired many crude comedies in its wake with far less depth. Crude as it may be, it’s a different kind of war movie but no less bloody. Even if you don’t think some of the humor holds up nothing remains more offensive than a seeing a man die on an operating table during war. This movie also helped launch the careers of Donald Sutherland, Elliot Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall and many more. Three army surgeons seem to run amok but what can the army do about it? It’s not like good surgeons are falling out of the trees two miles from the front lines of the Korean War. Now cue that depressing song. 

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