Set in a_`n underground dungeon ;inhabi%!ted_% by b+@undle,d,@* r//agged human .-[b=
eings, aft/![_#e$r t\.he ) ?nucle*
ar holocaust. The ``]s?tory follows t=%*he ^@wanderings :
of a^;; he*,/ro through the^# sit_) uati+=ons]? of surviva?l. P.eopl$e wait for + )the! @Ar^\+k to ?arri,;ve a!^nd rescue them while thei@r; hab;`%itat falls=- _ apart.　　Delving d e)?=-ep i)n;;to the dust y and long aband?-#,!ond`*$[ed vaults of -b- cinema in# search of lost. gems always leaves me)/ w^(ith a = bittersweet taste.# On one hand the disco$v\#ery (?of ],;+unexpe!cted gem],s ;wh%!ere no one\ )#: wou;ld- think them possi`_ble is a re_ wardi!!ng experien*%ce. On th=e o[ther .+%ha,
nd _\: though it makes one wonder ho=w many `of these remarkable l
ow-budget o;` dditie)#*s,
!person!,[al lo\ ?ve affairs % :of dir%ecto*,?!rs n!`ever quite@. famous and no $w= all but@ forgo+_t(ten_:, hav/- %;e al`#`most forever slippe@(
%d from memory;[　　n any ]case what we(;` h _ave( here is ^a little post- (;apocalyptic ge$+?m from Poland that is real`ly! better than i ?t has $ a:ny righ#%t to.+^ @,Th,+@e dy!]stopia!n` ne_ar fu\ture of O-B^I, O-BA. ;= finds a ( group of? surviv^=ors ^!of )$[the nucl;e.ar w
-ar that rav?aged t:he E#$$arth i[]nhabiting an u\ nderw?o@rld concrete bunker and biding **their`` time a_s they wait_.- f!+^+or the m(-/ysterious Ar#-k, 
an air sh(ip of \!so(me , kind t #hat .*will com:.^e a\]]:nd save them. The. Ark pr?oves to +\#be an elaborate*]; hoax, carefully );?designed +to give ho;pe to the maln%;ouris `/.he[ d !and d_[^)esperate +
den@?izen%s of t he bunker,?[+: while(= i: )n the me? ,+antime?] t$h\!e dome$. t^*h$at (sep]`arate[ s t+he\ir m* ^i ;serable exi*\]* stence fr% om the nuc=+lear winter [outs!ide [is slow.
ly caving in.　　Wh %at \  first stri^ked me about \the movie i\s the design of t^
he bunker (#/(and t#$^he_- depict:i$;o_n of the survivor, s. The sur^?vivors ar=+e ^ gaunt, filth%y an)d t\]e?rrible-*l [o,.!okin
?g penitents=, dressed! in rag?*s and a?i _mlessly wander $ing th-e neon-lit halls%\$ of the bunker like au?.tomaton_s%=+=. The bunker/!/ is a r#=_undown, seedy p+(]lace, wit$+_h brig ht neo*n( lights peering from all! sides lik,[e the eyes of ::malignan?t beast) s.　　On% one hand it is a sl+/]ightly 80's depict]ion /# of`;= the dystopian future but the mo%v%%#i_e
never * *stoops *. down to MAD MAX chee=)se. Instea%?d it combines  );biting politi,cal sat,ire`* with the b`l#eak o=utlook o
[,f a wor:$ld with no futur e, (blac^**/k c(o, *.medy wi%th barbs o`(#n apa ?/thy;,
/ \reli?)gion and p.owe
 r. The surv !\ivor s, f^or 

?exam`#-pl@:e, .^are fed so[.`*m,e kind o\ f flour drop#,?ping from?? a tube that hovers in !-the; ai[]r - later on we d=;@isco-*)ver the food su:pervisor
_% uses+\: /(books and the Bible itself a)\s .)filler for t\/his meagr? e meal. There are many`? such short symbolic touches, perhaps not lif+?.?e- cha%nging@_ or faith-resto *rin/[+g, ,y^:et)@[ playf](=$ul, cleve- r and in /sp=$%ired.　_^　One thing is: f,+or sure-; #O-BI, O-BA is))
 =-]not y[our ru$%?n-of-the-mi,ll sci-fi sc*%[`hlock. It overcom -es / its modest^. budget ]with^=; c/ reativi/:ty and has gen\uine a*?rtis.!)tic aspir`ations ;=both fr/o)#m a writ%[i],ng and ^#directing \perspective. M(y opinion is that it should have b+=[een fil-)med in black and w.
hite in\stea d of c)olour ^@though.
=` T,he director uses atmosp*h*eric lig^ht .an d shadow to great effect and it would h:ave registered [;+[ev/!en better(+ i^n- stark ?*%?b?lack and ;white. The bl)ue-green ( * neon on t^%[he [@ot/ h() er. ;? -hand ou)ts*+tays it,s ?/welc=ome a*ft )*er a while. Just? .^`a mi?nor ***gripe in an oth[\`erwi +se@%@ soli)d b-mo;vi` e wi*@th its h^(eart .@set in al_l the right places.　#　Imagine a). l:]e] @ss  ble!
#%ak THE ROAD ,##\(C%/ormac McCarthy) b$eing i..njec ted# with the -(sat;ir% ;e and humour o[+f DR.STRANGELOVE and y\ou're #_ getting t_he
(re. See it if `_.you can f `ind!- it.