Hearts and Minds
Clark Clifford, Daniel Ellsberg, General William Westmoreland
Peter Davis' 30-year-old, landmark documentary unflinchingly confronts the United States' involvement in Vietnam. Using a wealth of sources -- from interviews to newsreels to documentary footage of th...( read more
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DVD Released: June 25, 2002
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August 6, 2007It's the sign of a truly great documentary when it can be powerful, moving, startling, and even eye opening almost 40 years after the fact, when all the facts have already been laid to bear. Hearts and Minds is an incredible documentary made in 1974 about the conflicting attitude... ...( read more )
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February 26, 2007What more is there to say about a documentary such as this? It is truly required viewing to anyone who wants to comprehend the complexities of war.
I've heard derision of this film over at IMDB, partly over the minor connection it draws between the sports-culture in America and ... ...( read more ) -
February 16, 2008"It's no surprise that in a very poor country you can find people who will wear foreign uniforms. What has always surprised us, what we've never been willing to predict or understand, is that the Vietnamese communist leadership can find enough people to live in the tunnels, fight... ...( read more )
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September 7, 2007Last night I rented this movie and watched it. I realized that I have already seen it a long time ago. This is a very strong documentary about the Vietnam War and you can tell that a lot of the newer documentaries, those about the war in Iraq for example, are probably influence... ...( read more )
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March 13, 2007For those too young to remember or for those who want to relive an important period of our generation, this is the seminal Viet Nam documentary.
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March 25, 2009
Armond White, The New York Press
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
We're bludgeoned by the point of view, we don't like the feeling of manipulation we get. Yet there are scenes here of incredible power, even for a nation which watched this war on television every eve... full review
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