Y200 Politics and Film

Movies


This is a listing of the movies we have covered in Y200 at this point in the semester.



Citizen Kane

Directed by: Orson Welles

This movie has it all: youthful idealism, hunger for power and a tragic fall from grace. It was also a very important film in the advancement of new film techniques like high-contrast lighting and unusual camera angles. Released in 1941.

Ebert's Review

The Unofficial Citizen Kane Page

AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies Citizen Kane ranked #1.

Related Movie: RKO 281 A movie about the making of Citizen Kane.



Dr. Strangelove

Directed by: Stanley Kubrick

This 1964 movie, inspired by the Cold War, takes a darkly comic look at Nuclear War. Peter Sellers plays three roles.

Review of Movie

AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies Dr. Strangelove ranked #26.



Apocalypse Now

Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola

This 1979 movie takes the premise of "Heart of Darkness" into the Vietnam War.

AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies Apocalypse Now ranked #28.

Apocalypse Now Official Site

Review - Apocalypse Now Redux



Platoon

Directed by: Oliver Stone

1986 movie about the Vietnam war as scene through the eyes of the soldiers.

Ebert's Review

AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies Platoon ranked #83.



Good Morning, Vietnam

Directed by: Barry Levinson

An unorthodox DJ brings Rock N Roll to Vietnam. He gets into even more trouble when he falls for a pretty Vietnamese girl.

eFilmCritic Review

Page with Sound Clips from Movie



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