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I Was A Soldier (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
93 min + 53 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1970 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Michael Grigsby

Written By:
Michael Grigsby

Actors:
Michael Grigsby

Synopsis:

The story of three young men back from Vietnam. All three come from a small sheepfarming town in Texas not far from Dallas: a town of 2,000 people, a weekly paper, a sheriff, old-time cowboy and Apache country. The film concentrates on how the young men's lives have changed as a result of their experiences in Vietnam.

Grigsby interviewed three young men from the small one-street Texan town of Menard David, Dennis and Lemarr and it's these three figures who occupy the screentime. Bringing to mind the lyricism that made Enginemen such a standout, I Was a Soldier is happy simply to take in the atmosphere of this Texan landscape and watch these men as they drive, fish or combat their thoughts in front of the camera. Yet despite the warm climate, it's their coldness which stands out the emptiness and loneliness behind their eyes at continual odds with the seemingly idyllic settings in which they live. However, Grigsby's stance is compassionate rather than objective: he's there to gain some understanding of his subjects, for us to comprehend just how it must feel to readjust after such clearly hellish wartime experiences.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 13 January, 2009.