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Is your favorite on the list? A large number of mine are, some that I have never seen...We Are Soldiers is one example...
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. . .is showing on the Sundance Channel. "The Green Berets (1968)," starring and directed by John Wayne.
"Their activity at the outpost waiting for something to happen was very similar to our activity on the LZ prior to our next fire mission."
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"Siege At Jadotville" - an excellent film.
WE Were Soldiers isn't bad, but a bit cheesy in parts.
My dad toured Vietnam in 1966.
In 1979 or 1980 we took him to see Apocalypse Now and he said that in his time there he absolutely saw everything in the movie, except for guys fighting with ghetto blasters. He said Apocalypse Now was like a timelapse of his tour.
Keep Your Hands Clean,
John K
Interesting, because 1966 was still early days. "Apocalypse" was about a much later time, when they had surfboards and cold beer and Playboy Bunnies visiting the troops. They had also given up on the war and only the hard-guy lifers like Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore were still gung-ho.
Dad knew him. He was was based in Laos, recruiting a "private" army in the villages and lived with a pet tiger...
So there was plenty of crazy already going on there in the early/mid 60's.
BTW, the Australian troops had plenty of beer. Apparently it was the preferred trade for American stores and munitions.
Keep Your Hands Clean,
John K
war. When I first saw it, I immediately connected with the total bullshit and craziness I had seen and experienced. People were slap-assed crazy over there. AN found ways to express it. It was a horror show moment for the US military. Truly, nobody was in charge.
When dad was in Vung Tao he got bored and was able to get on some US patrol boat runs up the river. He said they were crazy.
Keep Your Hands Clean,
John K
to find out if it was true or not.
According to those who were there.
Every movie was about jungles and hills so he decided to show the rare episodes of street fighting. That alone makes it unique. Finding Lee Ermie was a gift from the war gods.
I also like the ironies in SPR.
Kubrick was paranoic about flying in an airplane.
The sets for FULL METAL JACKET may reflect more is aversion to flying than his desire to depict street by steet fighting.
He order palm trees from around the world and created an Southeast Asian environment, sort of, in the film, instead of shooting on location.
Also, I would hazard to suggest that the film was not so much about Viet Nam, per se, but more about the insanity of war. It's more about the irony of the pointless and mad heroism of war occasions, in general, as opposed to the Viet Nam conflict itself.
When considered in this light, the fake sets (including British camps masquerading as American boot camps) advance the narrative and broaden it's themes.
Regardless, FMJ is one of the all-time greats.
Kubrick was such a control freak there's NO WAY be ever would have
shot that on location even if could conquer his fear of flying.
The tale itself could have fit most any 20th Century war.
Great film and easily one of his most accessible.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
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Bridge over the River Kwai is the only one I can actually watch.
unfortunately for some reason on THIS forum you can not edit your posts....which is strange as you can on every other forum.. or at least the ones that I go into.
Just find and click on the edit button.
forum. On the other forums that I post in it has always given me the option there but never here... I just logged in and you're right. Thanks! What do you know, you learn something new every day!
Something changed here today, it makes me pull down/double click on the Moniker entry box instead of just staying logged on. Maybe that's the issue?
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