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War Movies: Journeys to Vietnam: Scenes and Out-takes
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War Movies: Journeys to Vietnam: Scenes and Out-takes
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Wayne Karlin's memoir
recounts his return to Vietnam to work on the Vietnamese film
in which young Vietnamese filmmakers tried to recreate their parents' war. On his journey, Karlin lives in two worldsthe world of postwar Vietnam and the world of film. Particularly powerful are the contrasts between the younger and older generations and the meditative quality of the narrative as Karlin explores the ironies involved in bridging the gap between past and present, and between film and reality. We hear the story of the coward who became the national poster boy for patriotism because he is photogenic, and we chuckle when the only extras the director can find to play the American GIs are Russian students. What is reality? What is fiction? What are the consequences of former sacrifice? These are some of the underlying themes explored in the course of this intriguing narrative.