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Hi Bruce,
As the other poster pointed out, what you saw reflected the basic insanity of the conflict. I remember an Atlantic article about books and movies that covered Vietnam. The author, a veteran, was dismissive of the movie, as most people are. Nonetheless, for the remainder of the article, he compared almost everything to it. It was his reference, warts and all. And warts and all, I doubt you will get
a better Nam film. The ambush of the riverboat where everything goes silent; I had experienced that in a crisis situation; but I had never seen it portrayed before. It raised the hair on the back of my neck.
You are looking at this through an analytical prism, a bookish sort of approach. This attempts to throw a very particular sort of insanity in your face. It succeeds pretty damn well. Monstrous, but no monsters.


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