This episode features insights and dialogue clips involving documentaries and films made about the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s. We discuss such diverse movies as “The Anderson Platoon” (a French documentary), John Wayne’s “The Green Berets”, “The Boys in Company C”, “Go Tell the Spartans”, Australia’s “The Odd, Angry Shot”, and of course, …Continue readingEpisode 4: Vietnam War Movies, Part 1
This episode features insights and dialogue clips involving documentaries and films made about the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s. We discuss such diverse movies as “The Anderson Platoon” (a French documentary), John Wayne’s “The Green Berets”, “The Boys in Company C”, “Go Tell the Spartans”, Australia’s “The Odd, Angry Shot”, and of course, … Continue reading Episode 4: Vietnam War Movies, Part 1
This episode features insights and dialogue clips involving documentaries and films made about the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s. We discuss such diverse movies as “The Anderson Platoon” (a French documentary), John Wayne’s “The Green Berets”, “The Boys in Company C”, “Go Tell the Spartans”, Australia’s “The Odd, Angry Shot”, and of course, Francis Ford Coppola’s epic “Apocalypse Now”. Tune in and let us know what you think in the comments here or on Facebook. Look for Part 2 covering the Vietnam War films of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s in early February…