Timeline for Why are there so few movies about the Vietnam war itself?
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| S Aug 7, 2017 at 7:06 | history | bounty ended | Ankit Sharma♦ | ||
| S Aug 7, 2017 at 7:06 | history | notice removed | Ankit Sharma♦ | ||
| Aug 2, 2017 at 16:43 | comment | added | user25738 | How would you even show the entire war in a feature film anyway? | |
| S Aug 1, 2017 at 9:54 | history | bounty started | Ankit Sharma♦ | ||
| S Aug 1, 2017 at 9:54 | history | notice added | Ankit Sharma♦ | Reward existing answer | |
| Apr 18, 2017 at 7:01 | answer | added | Criggie | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 17, 2017 at 22:24 | comment | added | BCdotWEB | BTW look what's coming in September 2017: kenburns.com/films/vietnam . Also, there's plenty of movies and docs about Vietnam: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… + en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Vietnam_War_films . | |
| Apr 17, 2017 at 19:27 | comment | added | Mad Physicist | @AndrewGrimm. Casablanca being about a specific event/character is not a good counter example here because there are in fact lots of documentaries about WWII from start to finish. | |
| Apr 17, 2017 at 14:46 | comment | added | PoloHoleSet | How often to studios edit original endings of stories or films for a cop-out "happy ending?" If they are so inclined with fiction, they might not want to go near something where they really can't deliver that happy-happy wrap up for the popcorn-eating audience. | |
| Apr 17, 2017 at 11:21 | comment | added | errantlinguist | ...because a movie that covers "the history and progression of the war itself from start to finish" would be a documentary, and a boring+depressing one at that? | |
| Apr 17, 2017 at 6:35 | comment | added | BCdotWEB | "There are no movies that cover the history and progression of the war itself from start to finish that I can think of." As opposed to what movies for which other wars? | |
| Apr 17, 2017 at 6:17 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackMovies/status/853855019703119872 | ||
| Apr 17, 2017 at 5:05 | comment | added | MmmHmm | Same reason there's so few movies with any historical overview not otherwise tethered to an individual protagonist told largely in close up shots of people's faces... People pay to see movies to be entertained. | |
| Apr 17, 2017 at 4:38 | comment | added | Golden Cuy | Isn't this also true for many other wars? For example, Casablanca was set in a single city, rather than being about the entirety of WW2. | |
| Apr 17, 2017 at 3:27 | comment | added | Thunderforge | @cde I found a scholarly article where the author argued just that, and I have used it in my answer. The film studies field has a great deal of analysis on trends such as this one. | |
| Apr 17, 2017 at 3:26 | answer | added | Thunderforge | timeline score: 62 | |
| Apr 17, 2017 at 2:18 | comment | added | cde | @Thunderforge how do you find an authoritative source for a negative? An interview with a significant sample of studios explicitly stating that Vietnam war movies are virtually blacklisted? Does not exist. | |
| Apr 17, 2017 at 2:01 | comment | added | Thunderforge | @cde I think that's spot on. Same reason there are so few films, or even documentaries, about the Korean War. Still, hopefully someone can find a more authoritative source. | |
| Apr 17, 2017 at 0:07 | history | asked | Andrew Latham | CC BY-SA 3.0 |