Set in [;`an un=dergroun, d dunge/on inh(%abited by b` undled//$, r
`-agged hum
[+an be
ings, after t)@h=_e nuc`lear ho,! locaust. Th%e story follows.  the wanderi ngs^ of a ,%hero throu ^gh the sit? uati!ons o]`)
f surviva- +.#l. People w(=.ait
: f#@]or the Ark to arrive ;![%a: nd @;re?= .scue them`. while(. their habitat falls a=par%/t.　　De!_lv  ing deep into/ the `[dusty+) and lon=g ab[#=andonded vaults of b-ci +nema in sear $c\ *h of lost gems\ always leaves@ me wit-h a bitterswe et%#]: taste. On? on:@^e ha)` nd the d iscover :.y :%of unexpected :.gems whe!re-:(/ no one would th,in:k them possibl^e is++ a rewar/ding experience. On++/ the other(/@ han-d thoug_!/(h it makes +
*one *.] wonder ;$ho?)w)@ many of these^) rema[:$= rkable lo?+w-b/^udget oddities, personal lo.v`e a:%_f,fair_ s of dir] ectors ne#(ve,\$r q;uite f ]amous +_and now all:* but for^)=gotten`/, have almost-,?, for!)*ever !slipped from memory　　n an;[y case*# :what ^ we=@ h(^!ave here is a lit?tle+# post-ap@% (ocalyptic\* gem f-:^rom Poland t*]hat is^ reall y better _t?,$+han it h#as any:[( \.\right to. The dyst)(o pian? near future of O-BI, O-BA fin].:ds a ^?g+ `roup!_ of su][,rvivors ^]+of the nu! clear w(#=ar that ravaged th-e\ Eart,h in #habiting. an underworl#d c(oncrete bunker and; b,@iding their ti\$*\me as they wait for*[ the m:;yst^erio,)+us$@_@ Ark)$-, an/,- ai.! r ship
 of some kind +*that ,$ +w.ill come and save] them. The Ark  proves *!t_,.-+o be an elabo`rate hoax,
carefu,lly\ desi./g\!n.!(ed!=$ to ` gi )ve ho!+/pe to th_ e ? malnourished an))d des.\]pera;t%e d?enizens of the bunker, while $ in the m`ean time t/)=he !]dome that_ se* parat[?es their miserable existence from the nuclear winter ou. tside i $,s slow:[ly c)],aving in#.　　W ]hat first st*,riked me about th$-$e$+= mo^vie is_;[ the des!$ign
of? !-th %*^e bu- nk-er an%?^d ) the depict+;ion of the survi[\vors. Th$e s\:urvivors are gaunt, f%il\thy a).n`
d terrible-looking penit-;e\nts, d%?r@essed $,i@n @rags an
\-d aimlessly wanderi?
(ng the neon-l_^^it[= halls of the bunker li ke automaton/^^!s.)#$= The \bunker is a rundown, seedy`]:?- place, with bright neon light_?s p*?eering from all sides lik`e the eyes of malignant beasts.　　On (^%one ha)(n_ ;d [i?)t is a s?_/l i^.ghtly 80's depict:.ion o=;`f the _dys topian/
)= fu.ture but
$)# the mo:vie; ne)!v e^,r ]\ sto ops do:#wn to MAD% MAX chees [%e. Inst[ ead it- co^mbine_+
s bit (.ing ,#political s ,atire with ,@the\] b+!lea#]k ; % outlook of a w@/ ,orld /with  no :f-[
utu!_^
r-e, black com%e-[%dy with / b/arbs on apathy, religi-++on and :]#power. The su$rvivors, f$@o@_.r] ex :ample, are fed s#:ome _]kind of flour d`%!@^r!)opping from a tube that ;ho\%vers in the a.+$ir 
-  lat
er^% on we dis#cove- -r the f ood
,supervisor uses boo.ks and the@], B:ible itsel\f as filler f;or this meagre meal. There$%; are many such short symbol *;[i( \c touches, .perhaps not/ lif, e-changing or fait_h-restoring, yet playf$% u=![l,[ ;, /clever ^ % and;#%: inspir-.e$d.　.?-　O^\@,n!#?e thing ;?is for sur_=`]e; O-BI, O-BA [is -@not your r,un-of-the-mi/@ll sci-fi ^schlock. It overco^mes its :
?modest bu`?dget w=;%ith crea(*tiv[^ity and has g_enuin/e artistic as$pi rations bo?%)[th fro) `m) a \+w riting and directin^;%g pers)pec. tive. M\?y *[opinio#^n !is that it * sho)uld have been filmed in black and white: instead of colo@^ur though. The di[r.e:
]ct[?or u.*_:se?+s atmospheric l-:
]ight $(and s\^)(had_o%w
to ,) great effect and it woul;=d ha(\ve:: r_egistered eve+ n better i=@n stark black and white. _;The@ blue-gr%een ne %on: on the oth@ er hand outstays$ (its welcome after a w/(hile. Just a m/[i:_#nor gripe$` in an] otherwi+se soli!d b-movie [wi ^th its h
eart set [ in all th/e right p-laces.　　Imagine  ;a less b?
le/
*ak$( THE .`@R=OA%D (Cor:mac McCarthy)=` b.e%
?in-^g in)
jec[; ted w..ith the satire ? a` %.nd  `h!umour of DR.STRANGELOVE and you()'re getting,# ther^]e. See !it if you
:! ca ;$,#n find it.