Download This PaperHearts and Minds: An Ensemble Piece that Gives the Vietnamese a Space in Their Own History
Rizvi, W. R. (2014, Summer). Hearts and Minds: An ensemble piece that gives the Vietnamese a space in their own history. Eye: The international, intercultural, and interdisciplinary magazine of the International Academic Forum, Issue 4, pp. 36-37. IAFOR, Japan.
6 Pages Posted: 19 Jun 2017 Last revised: 22 Jun 2017
Date Written: June 16, 2017
Abstract
The Hearts and Minds challenges the notions of American ideology and dream, patriotism as well as personal and political ethics and principles that are amplified by the passage of time. Edited down to about a 1:100 shooting ratio, the Hearts and Minds compiles incidents, anecdotes, popular music, news footage and interviews, and Hollywood movie clips to reveal paradoxes of public rationale in juxtaposition to the Vietnamese vignettes. Hearts and Minds avoids the use of the chronology because of its specific treatment. It uses the intertextuality of opposing arguments to mirror the reality of the paradox of the ten-year long Vietnam War: a high number of American casualties, countrywide demonstrations and protests, unsavory international reputation, and bitter political and social repercussions.
Keywords: World War II, Victory at sea, WWII, war footage, compilation film
JEL Classification: Z-19
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