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讲述了这是RichardLester最好的一个片。AnabsurdistclassicThisisawonderfulsurrealcomedybasedontheplaybySpikeMilliganandJohnAntrobus.Youknowthatitisgoingtobeanoddfilmrightatthebeginning,whentheopeningcreditslistthecastinorderoftheirheight.ThefilmbeginswiththeBBC(FrankThornton)tellingusthroughthefacadeofanoldtelevisionthatthisisthethird,orisitthefourth?,anniversaryoftheshortestwarinhistory,lasting2hoursand28minutes.Englandisnowabarrenlandscape,litteredwithderelictcarsandbuildings,hillsofoldboots,brokencrockery,andotherdebris.Fortymillionpeopleperishedandthereareonly20knownsurvivors.TheQueendidnotsurvive,andofthe20knownsurvivorsthenextinlineforthethroneisaMrsEthelSchroakeof393aHighStreet,Leytonstone.AmongtheothersurvivorsareRalphRichardson(OLuckyMan!)asLordFortnumofAlamein,whoisntlookingforwardtohisimpendingmutationintoabedsittingroom.MichaelHordernisBulesMartin,whowearsa18-caratHovisbreadring.SpikeMilliganisapostmanwhowandersaroundanddeliverssomememorabledialogue,forexample:Andincomethethreebears-thedaddybearsaid,Whosbeensleepinginmyporridge?-andthemummybearsaid,thatsnoporridge,thatwasmywife.ArthurLoweisslowlyturningintoaparrot(whichistheneatenbySpikeMilligan),whilehiswife,theownerofherowndeathcertificate,turnsintoawardrobe.Hisdaughterispregnantwithastrangecreature,whichshehasheldinsideherforseventeenmonths.PeterCookandDudleyMooreareapairofpolicemenwhoperpetuallytelltheotherstokeepmoving!.Mooregrowlsalotandturnsintoadogattheend.MartyFeldmanisawellington-boot-wearingnurse.Itsahilarious,absurdisttreat,andoneofmytreasuredfilmicpleasures.