tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post6124436567282754681..comments2023-12-30T10:13:15.385-08:00Comments on 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: 502. In the Year of the PigAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701724130997076650noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-79010225682517636532022-03-15T08:18:50.456-07:002022-03-15T08:18:50.456-07:00Heavily laden with lessons, parallels and echoes f...Heavily laden with lessons, parallels and echoes from history which tie in with current events in Ukraine. Which, in turn, might reflect back on Vietnam and who were the good guys and the bad guys.<br /><br />Crucially, the film doesn't make the moral case, which is too easy to rebut anyway by anyone who happens to have a different point of view. It simply makes the logical argument for why this course cannot possibly end well.Dessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172245410667624187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-89129406858489358942020-02-17T07:06:18.981-08:002020-02-17T07:06:18.981-08:00I found it interesting that rather than resorting ...I found it interesting that rather than resorting to propaganda the film merely had to state the facts and quote what people had been saying. The talking heads are being rather factual and therefore so much more effectual. I can imagine this being a hard sell in 1969 but in retrospect it seems almost impartial. How can you not agree with the story told? TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.com