The Big Dig
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The Big Dig
(a.k.a
Blaumilch Canal) (
תעלת בלאומילך / Te'alat Blaumilch)
1969 |
Israel | Laughs: 6.6 (Watch Once) |
imdb: 7.7
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One bright morning, an escapee from a lunatic asylum steals a compressor and starts digging up the road in the busiest part of Tel Aviv. Everyone naturally assumes that the digging is part of the city's public works, and through a series of misunderstandings the madman is soon joined by a team of workers and bulldozers.
The movie does a great job of showing the rivalries and inefficiencies of government offices. In many ways, it reminded me of contemporary movies by Blake Edwards, such as
The Party (1968). In fact one of the film's main characters looks a lot like Peter Sellers.
As with most movies whose formula is to steadily build up mayhem,
The Big Dig was a bit long—but it was quite funny and I found it to be good value. I enjoyed seeing Shaike Ophir as the policeman, a role he would bring to full fruition two years later in another movie by Ephraim Kishon,
The Policeman (after tuning it further in
Ervinka). It was also interesting to have a glimpse at Israeli society (and streetscape) of nearly fifty years ago.
Well worth a watch.
(Last viewed: April 2014)
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