Like Fonda's facelift(s) this film has aged poorly. Sutherland, a Canadian, never had any skin in the game. Fonda was (is) the definition of white privilege. It is hard to imagine the fate of a black man who climbed aboard an anti-aircraft gun in North Vietnam.
I headed for Vietnam in March 1972. I did not need this film to help me see the ethics of what I was doing. Fonda was preaching to the choir, so self-absorbed that she was oblivious to see that she was in it for the fame and Hollywood acceptance, not saving anyone else.
The film was egotistical when it was made, and it still is. It's restoration is another act of egotism. "look at me daddy; look at me."
Jane will always be Jane. I just wish she would stop trying to pull me into her entourage. I get to be both proud and ashamed of my Distinguished Flying Cross. She will never have one!! Even better, I don't want her in my fan club. I think I will die gracefully. I wish her the same.
I headed for Vietnam in March 1972. I did not need this film to help me see the ethics of what I was doing. Fonda was preaching to the choir, so self-absorbed that she was oblivious to see that she was in it for the fame and Hollywood acceptance, not saving anyone else.
The film was egotistical when it was made, and it still is. It's restoration is another act of egotism. "look at me daddy; look at me."
Jane will always be Jane. I just wish she would stop trying to pull me into her entourage. I get to be both proud and ashamed of my Distinguished Flying Cross. She will never have one!! Even better, I don't want her in my fan club. I think I will die gracefully. I wish her the same.