Here, Watkins employs a type of absurdist humor - one might retrospectively call it a Pythonesque element - that would for the most part drop out of his subsequent work.
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08/06/06
Gladiators (1970)
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Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Warrior generals of the future program violent acts into an international computer and watch their teams murder one another on Saturday night television.
Director: Peter Watkins
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Plays as if it were current reality TV fare.
05/11/06
Watkins was reacting against Vietnam, but his assessment can easily be translated into today's hotbed political climate.
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