Winter Soldier (1972)
Average Rating: 8.2/10
Reviews Counted: 20
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 0
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Average Rating: 7.9/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 0
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In the late 1960's, the war in Vietnam was widely criticized by activists and college students across the United States, but at the dawn of the 1970's new voices joined the outcry against the war. Vietnam Veterans Against the War (or VVAW) was a group formed by men who had served in Vietnam and had come to believe that the war -- and America's presence in it -- was wrong. In early 1971, as reports of the 1968 My Lai Massacre and the court martial of Lt. William Calley were still in the news, the
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The film is an important historical document, an eerily prescient antiwar plea and a dazzling example of moviemaking at its most iconographically potent. But at its best, it is the eloquent, unforgettable tale of profound moral reckoning.
Top CriticThe most chilling aspect of "Winter Soldier" is that, 34 years down the road, it feels fresh.
Very much a product of its time: It's not an investigative piece; it's a combination of documentary footage, protest, despair and anger.
Rich with moments of excruciating eloquence.
I couldn't call this film a masterpiece, only indispensable.
A powerful document from a painful chapter in history.
Already a grueling experience, but once you begin to realize how it correlates with our current situation involving Iraq, you'll find yourself squirming in discomfort and you'll be tempted to turn if off...
For an America enduring another summer of discontent in Iraq, Winter Soldier horrifically seems to prove that what's past is indeed prologue.
No matter one's politics, this grainy black-and-white documentary can't fail but be convincing %u2013 and harrowing.
It is one of the most difficult films to get through, yet it is also one of the most important films you may ever see.
Amazingly relevant, and impossible to watch without thinking of current events.
Meet the old war, same as the new war.
Like Hearts and Minds and Fahrenheit 9/11, Winter Soldier is less documentary than in-the-heat-of-conflict document, too close to the bone for "distance."
Unsettling.
An important, lacerating document receives a hearty DVD treatment.
Time hasn't made it less excruciating to watch, nor less essential.
Searing and sharp as a knife...
A harrowing and often nauseating compendium of battle-zone confessions that was cast into obscurity almost immediately upon release in 1972.
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What comes to the fore in the testimony is how much an underlying cause of the atrocities racism was. I remember reading that demeaning a group of people(in this case using the derogatory term "gook" to describe the Vietnamese people) makes it psychologically easier to hurt them. In the end, the ultimate responsibility is laid at the foot of the command officers. They are the ones who set policy and punishments. The documentary is timely, as ever.
The movie urges the need for people of different viewpoints to converse. Occasionally, this can serve as a form of therapy.
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