Jeremy M. Devine's Vietnam at 24 Frames a Second: A Critical and Thematic PDF

By Jeremy M. Devine

ISBN-10: 0786476028

ISBN-13: 9780786476022

starting in 1948 with Paramount’s Saigon and Universal’s Rogue’s Regiment, Hollywood has produced thousands of beneficial properties and made-for-television movies approximately Vietnam and the consequent clash. except for The eco-friendly Berets (1968), few have been designed to rally american citizens to the reason as previous battle videos had performed. Many weren't even wrestle movies, as a substitute facing such household matters as protests, veteran re-entry, MIAs and POWs.
prepared chronologically, it is a severe research of Vietnam struggle motion pictures from 1948 via 1993. routine subject matters are under pressure besides the ways in which motion picture the US mirrored the nationwide fact, with essays mixing plot synopses and demanding observation. the flicks run the gamut of genres: dramas, motion, event, horror, comedies or even one musical.

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