conflicting attitudes about the Vietnam War that existed during that time in history and still exist to this day. The way this is shown, visually and narratively, is through the many uses of juxtaposition of scenes that represented both sides of the conflict; American versus Vietnamese, Pro-war versus Anti-war, average citizens versus government leaders, et cetera. This comparison beings in the very first scene, as the film opens on a peaceful scene of a provincial Vietnamese town. We see children are…
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