1968 · compilation · vietnam · politics
In the Year of the Pig
Directed by Emile de Antonio1h 41m1968
Both sober and sobering, producer-director Emile de Antonio’s In the Year of the Pig is a powerful and, no doubt for many, controversial documentary about the Vietnam War.
Our read: In the Year of the Pig (1968) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded compilation · vietnam · politics entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured compilation / vietnam, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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