LifeVietnamese cinema offers fresh perspectives on wartime history
'Apocalypse Now' has drowned out vibrant domestic dramas and documentaries
A still from the 1981 film "The Three Rose Plan," featuring sassy killers on scooters and ill-fated CIA advisers. (Screen grab from YouTube)
MATTHEW SWEET, Contributing writer
December 18, 2019 13:00 JST
In May 1979, director Francis Ford Coppola emerged from his yacht to issue a war bulletin. His audience was eager to hear him: It had just attended the Cannes festival screening of his Vietnam War movie "Apocalypse Now," and already knew some of the hair-raising behind-the-scenes stories.