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they are in a city, which city is it? and why is it so untouched?
Which city?! You need to narrow that down a bit, I mean throughout the story they're in all sorts of different "cities." WTF
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I's Rome, and I don't know why its untouched..
sharePionesa,Italy, a real place, however much too small for the events to actually take place
shareThere is only one city in the film if you discount the bombing run over Guaymas,Mexico and that is the "Eternal City".
sharethe few scenes in a City - when all the boys in a restaurant and Yossarian met the Girl - was the real Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy.
One of the most famous squares in the Eternal City.
Shot in location, adding three fake (Plastic) tanks in the middle of the square.
Rome was really unscratched from war - or better the center of Rome was an "open city", so not a military target.
The suburbs of Rome, the railroad junctions and San Lorenzo borough was hit by US bombers. But nothing else.
So, this bit of film was "true" - and there is a bit of trivia about it.
First: after a day of two in this expensive trip to shot this few scenes, the executive producer phoned to the studio Saying "Nichols don't like Rome. he want to built another".
And, two, the traffic warden in white bell helmet and jacket was Buck Henry. The director was not happy for the performance of the bit-actor.
OK.....if you know anything about Mike Nichols your first bit of trivia is humorous. Yes, the traffic cop is none other than Buck Henry, which I am sure was a source of never ending hilarity between himself and Nichols.
shareReally? What trivia? I'm curious.
I got it's a joke - I read somewhere in the USA they use the "Rome Wasn't Build In A Day" trope, more that we do in Europe.
And Catch-22 crew loved to pun the Studios - already aware of how costly is that movie.