Apocalypse Now is a strong piece of work, but it says little to nothing about the American war/genocide in Indochina. Full Metal Jacket comes close (that being Herr too, of course), but it remains a subject that the medium has yet to do justice, unless one counts the Winter Soldier documentary, (and even then the scope is limited to the experiences of American GIs).Highway 61 wrote:I suspect that their conception of the film changed once they began working with Herr, who understood the war better than anyone else involved in the entire production.
Imho, every American child should have to visit the War Remnants Museum in HCMC, just as every German child must visit Dachau or Bergen-Belsen (although the first step would of course be to hang Henry Kissinger).