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Documentaries & Biographies - Military Documentary - Regional War
Classification
15 years and over
Production Year
1975
Running Time
1 hour 52 minutes
Video Category
Feature Film
Country Of Origin
United States of America
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
METRODOME DISTRIBUTION; DELUXE VIDEO SERVICE - METRODOME
Release date
21/11/2005
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
MTD 5206
Barcode
5055002552069
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
UK Exclusive Feature Commentary With Director Peter Davis And Nick Bradshaw, UK Exclusive On Camera Interview With Director Peter Davis
Professional reviews
Review
A triumph (New York Magazine, )
The definitive American documentary about the war in Vietnam... built to outrage, appall and indict. (The Village Voice, )
DVD Description
A landmark in documentary feature films, this Academy Award-winning documentary is an insightful critique of the US's cataclysmic involvement in Vietnam. The film exposes the duplicitous nature of the American government, obsessive in its quest to squelch Communism and advance its own imperialist agenda, documented here in a media-savvy trail of propaganda ranging from archival footage, excerpts from press conferences, newsreels, and clips from jingoistic Hollywood war pictures. Director Peter Davis also uses damaging interviews (including disturbingly racist comments from US soldiers and General William Westmoreland), pop music from the period, and material he shot himself in Vietnam to create an indelible visual essay against war. Eschewing narration, the film has a cinema verite style, which gains its power from juxtaposition and the severity of its images. Released only two short years after the January 1973 agreement that brought home U.S. troops, the film stands as one of the strongest films condemning the war and the America's involvement in it. HEARTS AND MINDS's title derives from a now-infamous speech given by former President Lyndon Johnson in which he stated, 'The ultimate victory will depend on the hearts and minds of the people who actually live there'.
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