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　　Set i`n an  underground dungeo[)n inhab ited by bu ndled,? ra!]gg*e:d human be-ings, after th$$e %$nuclear holocaust. The story/ follows)[ $t):]he wanderings of  @a he^ro t@$h@;rough th#e^: situa +tions .* of+] surv_ival.
-- [/People[=
! wait for the A]rk to a_rrive and rescue the*/m whi *le their habitat falls apart.=,　　Delvi (ng dee\p i nto t=-he]# d) $=ust^*.y ) +and l ong aband --o^@#nde
%d va)ults of b-cinema ^_in search o f lost gems alway .s leaves me with a$ bitters?weet  ^taste.!_ On%) one hand t(h %e discov%`/(ery of unexpecte=d`, gems where ^; .-no one would thin)?k them possibl+#%e is  ,a rew.ar:)ding*^ experience*=. On the!$ ;ot=h+e\!r hand though i^:t  makes%*: - .,one wonde$#?\r how many ^.of thes.e remarkable
: low-budge$@t oddit
ies, 
.pers on%al love affairs of directors never!_ quite famo*us and now a^%ll but forgotten, ha, ve almos,.t fo[rever slipped fr`
om:@: m)emory?　$ 　n any (?c+=ase @what we -have h%ere is a _;little post-apoc alypt%ic- gem@#` from Poland that;=_ is r +
-eall ?`y b$(e**^ tte\r _/than i`%t has any right; to. Th/#e dysto*+@p
.ian near *future of O-BI, =O-BA fi,+ nds a gro$up o,^:f^^ sur,vivors//,; of_@ the nu\c.+(lear war t/ hat / ra##vaged the Earth inha(b?,*itin*g # an un:derw%orl$d co;,:.ncr*ete bu!nke$)@r( a([nd (biding t*(heir time%:; as they , wait for the%#,% myster?ious Ark, an a@ir _ship of some kind th?at will com,e an_d save the/m.= The Ark pr#?.o*]ves to be; $ an elaborat^!e hoax, c[@arefully d ;?esigne` #d to give hope t?o the malnourished@ an(d desperate denize-ns of ::the bunker, wh_ile in the meantime t!he dom-\#e that separates %_their+ mi_:serable exis,[ tence$! from the \nuclear_) winter outsid
e is slowly ^%%cavi%?ng
in?,.　　What first st@%riked m e about the movi!e is the [!design of the bunker #!and :th +]]?e depiction of the?
/ surviv ?-ors. Th ?=e su=rvi)/v%/ors ?:are g*)-(aunt, ^]filthy:- and ?+-t _errible-loo=^king p.
enitents, dressed i%n rags an], !d: aim.#+lessly wand=*ering the n,_eo-n-lit halls of the b$u*;:nk(@ er l?;ik;e@ automatons. =,The bunker is a rundow^
=$n,( seedy place,? -with ^ bright neo#;n )*+lights `peer in) :g f
*]/rom all sid@es like th!e% eyes of! maligna,nt be.[asts.　　On one hand ,it is a` sli; ghtly 80@-%)&#39s depict,ion of the dysto$@p #ia##$-n! f@u$$:ture bu/)t the m +$[ovie never s%#toops down to MAD;^? MAX%^ c=h[eese. Instead it combin) .es biting political satire./. w`ith %`_the b++leak outloo,)k# of^ [a;= w-:@`orld with no fu$=`ture, bla ck co;` \medy wit:@h barbs` on $apathy, religion/ an*[*d power(.% The sur\
[viv;%ors, for exam*
ple, are fed so\ me kind %,of flour dropping
^/ from a tu*_%be that hov@[ers in the ai
`r -: (. `#later on+ we di);sc%over #the f%ood supervisor use[s books@\ and t.[[;*he :%Bible itself as fil le/;r ]@+f o^, r this meagre%
# m ,eal. There are m
_any such short!_`# symbolic touches,`*) perhaps not life -changing or fai[.th-resto:ring, yet playful, clever and[^ inspired.　　#\One thing ]is for _#[sure/* O-BI, O-B?A is not your
 run-of-the=:-mill sci\*-fi sc =hlock. It overcom@#,es *its modest  budge-]/t with
 :cr:eativit_:y and=%,$ has genui=
ne-,, *::artis!tic @_aspirations bo@th from a wri!t,ing#. and =directing p=
erspectiv@]e. My opinion is t]hat i[:t sh $o].uld )ha^v`_e *(be=`en filmed 
in black and white ins`t!ead o%f colou%$r though. The di__#+rector us+\ # es a*
tmo;)sp?;heric li$ght and ^s ?!%hadow to great ef.?(fect and it woul_-?d have regis*[te/!red even %bett:%er[` in$ st=[a_rk black and$) w- hit\e. The b/.lu(`e-green neon ( on the :other(
[ hand`#% outsta^]`(ys its welc!ome aft;# e_(r!
 a wh,ile.: Just a minor _?gripe in an ot)/-herw)ise solid b-movie `with its heart set in all . the (rig?!h )t places,.　　Imagine a le`_ss bleak THE RO:-:A=*D (
.Cormac McCarthy)
]being injected wit*;h %.
the s$*ati
re @and humour of DR.STRANGELOVE an;d you're\
 get(ting# there. See it i^f_ you can fin/*d
 it.