glk [none/use name] to Movies & TV • 4 years agoApocalypse Now is colonialist propaganda. It frames desertion as an orientalist power trip instead of joining your comrades fighting imperialism.message-squaremessage-square28 fedilinkarrow-up140file-text
arrow-up140message-squareApocalypse Now is colonialist propaganda. It frames desertion as an orientalist power trip instead of joining your comrades fighting imperialism.glk [none/use name] to Movies & TV • 4 years agomessage-square28 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLeninWalksTheWorld [any]hexbear10·4 years agoI think the US Army literally showed this scene (and others) to troops to "fire them up" before they invaded Iraq so it's understandable that it often gets stripped if it's context. link
minus-squareLeninWalksTheWorld [any]hexbear2·4 years agodamn I think it is but I also swear they talked about it like a real thing on the Blowback pod (very good btw) link
I think the US Army literally showed this scene (and others) to troops to "fire them up" before they invaded Iraq so it's understandable that it often gets stripped if it's context.
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damn I think it is but I also swear they talked about it like a real thing on the Blowback pod (very good btw)