简介：《核战新娘》是一部关于世界未来的幻想片，尽管剧情荒诞，却寓意深远。影片由意大利著名电影编剧柴伐蒂尼（《擦鞋童》《偷自行车的人》）创作，也是他唯一写过的一本超现实剧作，影片原名〈战争〉，在北美改名为《核战新娘》。 DirectorVeljkoBulajicisoneofYugoslavia'sbestknownnames(TheBattleofNeretva),butRatisamostlytiresomemixtureofwell-meaning,simplemindedmessages,andsomereallypitifulhumor.ThefaultisalmostentirelywithscreenwriterCesareZavattini,whomadeanamewithShoeshineandTheBicycleThiefandacoupledozenmoreItalianclassics.Thejokesareterribleandthecartoonishcharacterizationalmostnon-existent.JohnandMariamakeanicecoupleandthat'saboutit-they'rebothsweet,perfectandattractive. MostofthesatiricaleffortsareremindfulofChaplin'sTheGreatDictator,withpompousofficialsandsoldiersmakingveryharshandruthlessdecisions.TheCaptainacceptsadinnerinvitationoneminute,andthenthenext,isfollowingorderstohaveJohnshot.John'sbestfriendisunemployed;thearmygiveshimajobbutheendsuponJohn'sfiringsquad.Theideaofkeepingthecountryanonymousisokay,butthecannedmessagesarethin,bleak,andpredictable.WarisBad.KidsandmarriageareNice.WarisCruel.Thecomedy,whichamountsmostlytoarmymarchinggagsthatwouldn'trateinanAbbott&Costellomovie,isjustterrible.Goodimagesincludeamanwailingoverhiscowshotfromabovebyjetaircraft,andtheblastedcouplestumblingthroughtherubble-strewnfinale,likeAdamandEveinHiroshima. Thisisnocheapie;therewasobviouslyfullarmycooperationfromTito'sredbrigades,andthescenesofjetsstrafing,etc,arefairlyadvanced.Theruinsofthecitylookprettymuchidenticaltotoday'snewsfromPalestine.Thespecialeffectsareprimitive.OneweirdsceneoccurswhenthePresidentswitchesthetelevisionviewtoacameraattachedtothenoseofoneofhisattackingmissiles.Crowdswatchasthemissiledescendsonhundredsofpeopleinatownsquare-helplessvictimsjustlike'us.'…