A Critical analysis of The film Platoon.
Date Submitted: 10/23/2003 22:05:45
Category: / Arts & Humanities / Film & TV
Length: 4 pages (965 words)
Category: / Arts & Humanities / Film & TV
Length: 4 pages (965 words)
The Vietnam War was on everyone's mind in 1960s and 1970s in our country. It was the center of much of America's troubles during this time, but only the soldier's who fought in that war knew the true madness that was Vietnam. Oliver Stone began writing Platoon because the Vietnam War was "a pocket of our history nobody understands." (Schuer t24) Platoon is a movie which should be viewed by everyone, not only for its …
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…twenty years later" (Evans 78). Platoon is more than just a gory war movie; it is a realistic look at world that we would never want to experience.
Works Cited
1. Ansen, David. "A Ferocious Vietnam Frenzy" Newsweek 5 Jan. 1987: 57.
2. Corliss, Richard "Platoon" Time Magazine 26 Jan. 1987:54-61.
3. Kauffmann, Stanley. "An American Tragedy" The New Republic 19 Jan. 1987: 24-25.
4. Schuers, Fred. "Soldier's Story" Rolling Stone 29 Jan. 1987: 22+.
5. Stern, J.P.. "Parable in the Jungle" U S News and World Report 2 March 1987: 78.
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