Editing War film (section)

=== Mixed genres ===

Comedy gave scope for [[satire]], and post-war film-makers merged comedy and anti-war sentiment in films as varied as ''[[Stalag 17]]'' (1953) and ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'' (1964).{{sfn|Erickson|2012|pp=314–368}} [[Black comedy|Black comedies]] like [[Mike Nichols]]'s ''[[Catch-22 (film)|Catch-22]]'' (1970), based on [[Joseph Heller]]'s [[Catch-22|satirical novel]] about the Second World War, and [[Robert Altman]]'s ''[[M*A*S*H (film)|M*A*S*H]]'' (1970), set in Korea, reflected the attitudes of an increasingly sceptical public during the Vietnam War.<ref name=NYT-Catch-22>{{Cite news |last1=Bozzola |first1=Lucia |title=Movies: Catch-22 (1970) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/8628/Catch-22/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110143651/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/8628/Catch-22/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 November 2013 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2013 |access-date=10 March 2015}}</ref>

Other genres were combined in [[Franklin J. Schaffner]]'s ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]'' (1970), about real life General [[George S. Patton]], where combat scenes were interleaved with commentary about how he waged war, showing good and bad sides to a command. It and ''MASH'' became the two most profitable war/anti-war films made up to that time,{{sfn|Suid|2002|pp=260–277}} and ''Patton'' won seven [[Academy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1971 |title=The 43rd Academy Awards (1971) Nominees and Winners |date=4 October 2014 |access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref>