Description
Summary: | Far from Vietnam is an epic 1967 collaboration between cinema greats Jean-Luc Godard, Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch and Alain Resnais in protest of American military involvement in Vietnam--made, per Marker's narration, to affirm, by the exercise of their craft, their solidarity with the Vietnamese people in struggle against aggression. A truly collaborative effort, the film brings together an array of stylistically disparate contributions, none individually credited, under a unified editorial vision. The elements span documentary footage shot in North and South Vietnam and at anti-war demonstrations in the United States; a fictional vignette and a monologue that dramatize the self-interrogation of European intellectuals; interviews with Fidel Castro and Anne Morrison, widow of Norman Morrison, the Quaker pacifist who burned himself alive on the steps of the White House in 1965; an historical overview of the conflict; reflections from French journalist Michèle Ray; and a range of repurposed media material.
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Item Description: | Title from title frames. Originally produced in 1967; restored and reproduced by: La Sofra Productions, ©2012; previously released in 2013. |
Physical Description: | 1 streaming video file (116 min.) : sound, color and black and white |
Audience: | 10 and up. |
Production Credits: | [Cinematography, Jean Boffety [and others]] ; editor, Chris Marker. |
Participant or Performer: | Anne Bellec, Karen Blanguernon, Bernard Fresson. |
Language: | In French with English subtitles. |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 11, 2018). |