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Loin du Việt-Nam = Far from Vietnam / La Sofra Productions présente ; [a film by Jean-Luc Godard, Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch, Chris Marker, and Alain Resnais].
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.
- Vietnam--History--1945-1975.
- Vietnam.
- History.
- Genre:
- War films.
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (116 min.) : digital, sound, color and black and white
- Other Title:
- Far from Vietnam
- Place of Publication:
- [Brookyln, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2018]
- Language Note:
- In French with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Far from Vietnam is an epic 1967 collaboration between cinema greats Jean-Luc Godard, Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch and Alain Resnais in protest of American military involvement in Vietnam--made, per Marker's narration, to affirm, by the exercise of their craft, their solidarity with the Vietnamese people in struggle against aggression. A truly collaborative effort, the film brings together an array of stylistically disparate contributions, none individually credited, under a unified editorial vision. The elements span documentary footage shot in North and South Vietnam and at anti-war demonstrations in the United States; a fictional vignette and a monologue that dramatize the self-interrogation of European intellectuals; interviews with Fidel Castro and Anne Morrison, widow of Norman Morrison, the Quaker pacifist who burned himself alive on the steps of the White House in 1965; an historical overview of the conflict; reflections from French journalist Michèle Ray; and a range of repurposed media material.
- Participant:
- Anne Bellec, Karen Blanguernon, Bernard Fresson.
- Credits:
- [Cinematography, Jean Boffety [and others]] ; editor, Chris Marker.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced in 1967; restored and reproduced by: La Sofra Productions, ©2012; previously released in 2013.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 11, 2018).
- Publisher Number:
- if-far Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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