Vietnam at the Movies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Vietnam at the Movies write by Michael Lee Lanning. This book was released on 1994. Vietnam at the Movies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, A COMPREHENSIVE AND FASCINATING CRITIQUE OF MOVIES ABOUT VIETNAM! Heroic. Brave. Daring. Until the 1960s, movies about war were good box office. That all changed with Vietnam. Since the war was unpopular and confusing -- lacking clear objectives and easily identified enemies --movie-makers, like many Americans, transferred their dislike for the conflict onto the soldier. Consequently, Hollywood produced pictures that can now be recognizes as misleading, distorted, sensationalistic, or just plain dishonest. In Vietnam at the Movies, Vietnam vet Michael Lee Lanning traces the genesis of the "war movie" from the Spanish American War all the way up to Vietnam, taking Tinseltown to task for its treatment of the Viet vet--painstakingly separating fact from the fiction, and reviewing the quality and accuracy of more than 380 films and TV movies, including: Air America * The Big Chill * Birdy * Born on the Fourth of July * Casualties of War * Coming Home * The Deer Hunter * Dogfight * Easy Rider * First Blood * For the Boys * Friendly Fire * Full Metal Jacket * Good Morning Vietnam * Hair * In Country * JFK * The Killing Fields * Lethal Weapon * Nashville * Platoon * Running On Empty * Slaughterhouse-Five * Streamers * Suspect * Swimming to Cambodia * Taxi Driver * Tender Mercies * Top Gun * Year of the Dragon * And many more! Alphabetically organized for quick and easy access, this comprehensive volume gives film audiences and VCR viewers the opportunity to understand exactly what they are watching when they see Vietnam at the movies.
Vietnam War Movies
Vietnam War Movies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Vietnam War Movies write by Jamie Russell. This book was released on 2002. Vietnam War Movies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From 'The Deer Hunter' to 'Platoon', the Vietnam cycle of films that America has been producing since the 1970s has had an impact on audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. This book offers an overview of the genre, including such films as 'Full Metal Jacket', 'Platoon', 'Rambo: First Blood' and 'Apocalypse Now'. Aiming to show the ways these films operate as fantasy wish-fulfilment, an attempt to come to terms with the war, and as simply an opportunity for action, this book will appeal to all viewers, students and fans of the Vietnam War film.
From Hanoi to Hollywood
From Hanoi to Hollywood - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From Hanoi to Hollywood write by Linda Dittmar. This book was released on 1990. From Hanoi to Hollywood available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Probing the large body of emotion-laden, controversial films, From Hanoi to Hollywood is concerned with the retelling of history and the retrospection that such a process involves. In this anthology, an awareness of film as a cultural artifact that molds beliefs and guides action is emphasized, an awareness that the contributors bring to a variety of films.
Vietnam at 24 Frames a Second
Vietnam at 24 Frames a Second - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Vietnam at 24 Frames a Second write by Jeremy M. Devine. This book was released on 1999. Vietnam at 24 Frames a Second available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book summarizes and briefly analyzes over 400 films about the Vietnam War.
Vietnam on Film
Vietnam on Film - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Vietnam on Film write by Gilbert Adair. This book was released on 1981. Vietnam on Film available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
