Far from Vietnam

« On peut toujours montrer les massacres aux gens avec l’idée que ça les guérira de la guerre, mais on n’arrête pas d’en montrer et on les confonds tous, on a l’impression que c’est le même plan mis en boucle depuis 20 ans et ça n’arrête rien du tout »

Difficile d’exprimer la colère que j’ai ressenti en regardant, a voir absolument

« On peut toujours montrer les massacres aux gens avec l’idée que ça les guérira de la guerre, mais on n’arrête pas d’en montrer et on les confonds tous, on a l’impression que c’est le même plan mis en boucle depuis 20 ans et ça n’arrête rien du tout »

Difficile d’exprimer la colère que j’ai ressenti en regardant, a voir absolument

This is next-level anti-American and the criticism is warranted to some extent. Still very lopsided and definitely hard-cut propaganda but propaganda with merit and rationale. The end product isn’t bad but I think it could’ve been a lot more nuanced. Feels rather disingenuous at times; like France has such a peaceful history 🤨. The segments vary in quality but overall still very relevant and an interesting approach to a documentary. 

Some of the directors I’m more familiar with than others, so I’m unable to tell which segment is theirs but from what I can gather: I especially liked Varda’s contribution, her approach is just more human and different from the general perspectives shown in the film and she shows the extremity of American Patriotism without even condemning it herself, which makes it more effective in my opinion. Resnais contribution on the other hand is by far the weakest and without a doubt my least favourite and the exact opposite of Varda’s segment - his segment is just an angry Frenchman talking shit. 

Overall,
I’m definitely in a certain mood today and I do like the artistic approach and the subject matter is brutal and horrifying but I feel it should have a more nuanced tone than what it got. Still, it’s far from bad definitely a high 3.5/5.

This is next-level anti-American and the criticism is warranted to some extent. Still very lopsided and definitely hard-cut propaganda but propaganda with merit and rationale. The end product isn’t bad but I think it could’ve been a lot more nuanced. Feels rather disingenuous at times; like France has such a peaceful history 🤨. The segments vary in quality but overall still very relevant and an interesting approach to a documentary. 

Some of the directors I’m more familiar with than others, so I’m unable to tell which segment is theirs but from what I can gather: I especially liked Varda’s contribution, her approach is just more human and different from the general perspectives shown in the film and she shows the extremity of American Patriotism without even condemning it herself, which makes it more effective in my opinion. Resnais contribution on the other hand is by far the weakest and without a doubt my least favourite and the exact opposite of Varda’s segment - his segment is just an angry Frenchman talking shit. 

Overall,
I’m definitely in a certain mood today and I do like the artistic approach and the subject matter is brutal and horrifying but I feel it should have a more nuanced tone than what it got. Still, it’s far from bad definitely a high 3.5/5.