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form y separately published work icon The Odd Angry Shot single work   film/TV   war literature  
Adaptation of The Odd Angry Shot William Nagle , 1975 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1979... 1979 The Odd Angry Shot
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'This film concentrates on a group of professional soldiers in the combat zone at the height of the Vietnam War. In an episodic structure, verbal and physical jokes alternate with realistic scenes of combat in a manner comparable to MASH and Catch 22. Irony is the main means of suggesting the futility of war. The film is anti-heroic in tone with the emphasis on survival. On several occasions the embittered Harry refers to the public back home as indifferent or worse. The risks of combat are seen to be without purpose but the men do their job. The behaviour of the male group is within the ANZAC ethos of the anti-authoritarian, pragmatic digger and the ocker tradition of irreverent humour laced with sexist jokes.' Source: Libraries Australia.

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Works about this Work

Silver Screen Steve Dow , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 15-21 April 2017;
The Power of Film Captures Our Lives in War Garry Maddox , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 25 April 2012; (p. 3)
The Power of Film Captures Our Lives in War Garry Maddox , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 25 April 2012; (p. 3)
Silver Screen Steve Dow , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 15-21 April 2017;
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