Hearts and Minds - Criterion Collection
by Peter Davis (II)
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Actor: Clark Clifford, Daniel Ellsberg, George Coker, Kay Dvorshock, Randy FloydDirector: Peter Davis (II)
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 112 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-06-25
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Criterion
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Movie Review: Should be Required for Americans to Watch
Summary: 4 Stars
For a historical perspective of the Vietnam War, this is a great starting point for those too young to remember or watch the nightly news while this revolution in America occurred where the war was stopped by protests and disillusion in the states. Some of the images here are graphic and a great statement about how horrible war is. Watching children with napalm still burning their body and seeing the famous execution photograph at point blank on tape is disturbing and I had to turn away. But by far the most touching is watching the young girl lay on the grave of her father as they bury him followed closely by the angry farmer who talks of his children killed in bombing.
These images are interspersed with discussions by Ellsworth, Westmoreland and Clark Clifford. Clifford is the most significant as he discusses how listening to the answers of officers convinced him there was no clear plan and it was not going near as well as they suggested.
Many people have attempted to connect Iraq's invasion with this story and I do believe there are parallels. But the message of this documentary is the pure tragedy of war and the atrocities committed on both sides. War is hell. Let's stay out of them at all costs. Yes, this is one sided. But the message should not be right or wrong. It should be the damage done to both sides and the human costs.
Summary of Hearts and Minds - Criterion Collection
A courageous and startling film, Peter Davis' landmark documentary Hearts and Minds unflinchingly confronts the United States' involvement in Vietnam. Using a wealth of sources-from interviews to newsreels to documentary footage of the conflict at home and abroad-Davis constructs a powerfully affecting portrait of the disastrous effects of war. Explosive, persuasive, and shocking, Hearts and Minds is an overwhelming emotional experience and the controversial winner of the 1974 Academy Award? for Best Documentary.Documentary DVD Video
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