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Apocalypse now- critically assess the film as a representation of the past. Compare how the film stacks up with the historical evidence and what historians say on the same subject.
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Student Name Vicki Macdonald Student Number 12000167 Lecturer Leigh Beaton S249 HOLLYWOOD AND HISTORY FILM COMMENTARY 2 APOCALYPSE NOW Critically assess the film as a representation of the past. Compare how the film stacks up with the historical evidence and what historians say on the same subject. The Vietnam War was the most controversial war in American history. It was the longest and the least popular war in the history of the United States and it was the first major war that Americans had lost.1 The American public had been saturated with images of the Vietnam War on the television screen on a daily basis and the final defeat of America in Vietnam has left the United States deeply divided 2. The topic of Vietnam was a subject that was left alone by filmmakers until they began recreating it after the last of the Americans had been withdrawn3. Hollywood filmmakers thought that the American public were ready to explore...
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