简介：ThemostsurprisingthingofallisthatthefilmisactuallySouthAfrican.There'sonlyonereferencetothatcountryinthefilm(veryunexpectedandfunny)andIguessthewholethingissupposedtolooklikeaBritishorAmericanproduction. IfyouknowSouthAfricanattitudesofthattime,youwouldnotbelievemeifItellyouthatthefilmiscompletelyimpartial.ItgivesachancetolaughatboththeAmericanandtheRussianwithoutshowingthedirector'struesympathies.ThefactthatJamieUysplayedtheSovietdelegatehimselfonlycomplicatesthematter. Butmaybeonlyacinematographerfromathirdcountry-neitherAmericannorSoviet-couldbereallyunbiasedatthattime.Perhaps,onlysomeonewholookedattheconflictbetweenthesuperpowersfromthedistancewasabletobeobjective.Ontheotherhand,aSouthAfricandirectordidnotseemtobealikelycandidate-hiscountrywastooanti-Communist,tooanti-Sovietin1960s.ThatonlymakesUys'sachievementmoresignificant. Isuggestthatyouignorethesillyandunrealsetting-it'sjustamovie,youknow.Betterrelax,sitbackinyourarmchairandenjoy90minutesofpurefun.Ifyou'reluckytogetacopyofthefilm,ofcourse;)…