The Vietnam war cast a long shadow across one of the most fertile periods of American filmmaking, and for the half-century since it ended, filmmakers have reckoned with its complicated legacy.

"Apocalypse Now," which transposes Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" to the Vietnam War, is an epic of madness that teeters ...

The Vietnam War produced some of the most unforgettable films of the late 1970s and 1980s, as top Hollywood filmmakers like Kubrick, Coppola, Oliver Stone and others grappled with its painful legacy.

The first glimmers of public discontent emerged in American music. In 1963 Bob Dylan condemned the “Masters of War” who “hide in your mansion while the young people’s blood/Flows out of their bodies ...

The Vietnam War produced some of the most unforgettable films of the late 1970s and 1980s, as top Hollywood filmmakers like Kubrick, Coppola, Oliver Stone and others grappled with its painful legacy.

In the 1970-80s, Vietnam War films such as Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979), Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket (1987) and Oliver Stone’s Platoon (1987) established these ...

We were shooting a short documentary about my parents’ experiences as Vietnam War refugees who were used as background extras in Apocalypse Now nearly 50 years ago. Though my parents played a ...

The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago. What role did American protest culture, especially music, play in bringing the conflict to an end? https://p.dw.com/p/4tS8F 1967 ...

Set during the Vietnam War, viewers are aken on an epic journey through South Vietnam and Cambodia. Apocalypse Now is loosely based on Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness - a ...

“Apocalypse Now,” which transposes Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” to the Vietnam War, is an epic of madness that teeters on the brink of hallucination. Shot in the Philippines and ...

Vietnam was the first “living room war ... stoned photographer played by Dennis Hopper in “Apocalypse Now.” But his images pointed to bravery and humanism. “Page’s photos had impact ...