VIETNAM: THE FILMS OF WAR

GENERAL

• ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF VIETNAM WAR FILM CRITICISM: Compiled by librarian John McAskill of Lasalle University.

•   FILMS BY, FOR, ABOUT OR REFERENCING THE VIETNAM WAR: A comprehensive 1988 list.

• HOLLYWOOD AND VIETNAM:  Syllabus materials for a University of Portsmouth course on film and the war.

• VIETNAM -- THE HOLLYWOOD PARIAH:  A short article by Stuart J. Kobak that introduces the most significant Vietnam War movies.

• VIETNAM ON FILM AND TELEVISION: DOCUMENTARIES IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS:  A list compiled by Victoria E. Johnson in 1989.

• VIETNAM WAR FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHY:  A select bibliography.

• WAR AND CINEMA:  A select bibliography from the Holy Cross history department updated in 2001.

• WAR IN VIETNAM AND THE MOVIES: A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MATERIALS IN THE UC BERKELEY LIBRARIES.

INDIVIDUAL MOVIES AND DOCUMENTARIES

•   BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY:  A brief introduction for a Minnesota university course.

•   FOG OF WAR:  The homepage for Errol Morris's award-winning study of former American Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.

• FULL METAL JACKET:  Background about the 1987 Stanley Kubrick film.

•   GREEN BERETS:  Reviews and other facts about the 1968 propaganda epic.

• HAMBURGER HILL:  Information about the 1987 movie based on the fight to take Dong Ap Bia in the A Shau Valley.

•   QUIET AMERICAN:  The homepage for the recent Miramax film based on Graham Greene's novel and set in the era in which Western control of Vietnam was in the process of switching from French to American hands.

• VIETNAM -- A TELEVISION HISTORY:  A brief article with further bibliographic citations that discusses the controversy surrounding the 1983 PBS documentary series.