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Originally Posted by Charlatan
I don't see it as a retelling of the book. I think it is better to see the film as inspired by the book. Ultimately, the film is more about Vietnam and all the issues surrounding that war, than any faithful retelling of the book.
Remember, Vietnam as still fresh in the American psyche when this film came out.
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Yes, however, I don't think we can call it a war flick, or a movie on vietnam...it would be like saying that HoD was about colonies. I think its more global than that. About the darkness, of humanity, of our own sould, of the unknowns... the war, the colonization, is just a great medium to convey the absurdity of it all.