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The Journey from the Fall is a movie directed by Ham Tran, which follows the life story of a family who was tragically affected by the Vietnam War aftermath. Long Nguyen urge his family, including his wife, son and mother to escape by the boat to go to America. As a South Vietnamese soldier, he decided to stay in Vietnam even though he will be imprisoned in the re-education camp.
Peter Feng explains in his book Screening Asian Americans that history is not only constructed through documentary images, but also popular culture such as movie. He further explains that movies are screen memories that both substitute for the personal memories of the survivors and replacing the documentary images in signifying the history (Feng 179). In the film Journey from the fall, the director’s intention is to recreate the events from the past in order to give viewers a greater awareness about the underreported history of the Vietnam War aftermath. This movie is very essential, especially to Vietnamese Asian Americans. It is a story that needed to be told so that people will not forget the struggles and sacrifices of many first Asian Americans here in the United States. This film also created to remind Asian Americans to value the history of the country where
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they came from. In order to convey the message to the viewers, the film uses one important technique such as flashback.
The movie scenes would swing back and forth in time between the stories of Long Nguyen in re-education camp and his family’s boat journey to America. This technique causes a bit confusion to the viewers. However, this allows the viewers to have more insights on the experience of those people who were imprisoned in the re-education camp. It also provides the director an opportunity to illustrates the dangerous journey of those people who tried to escape using the boat. Using flashbacks technique help the film to reveal important information about what really happened in the
past. The Journey from the Fall is somewhat related to the movie, Shanghai Calling. Both movies expose the Asian Americans immigration experiences that have not been portrayed in other films before. In The Journey from the Fall, the director tries to showcase the immigration journey of Vietnamese refugees in America. While the Shanghai Calling illustrates the lives of Americans who become immigrants in an Asian country. The protagonist Sam Chao is a Chinese American who moved back to China for work even though he does not speak the language. The two movies can be credited for their authenticity because both films were based on the experience of real people. According to writer and director of the movie, Journey from the Fall, he interviewed many survivors of the re-education camp and Vietnamese refugees in order to write his scripts. While Shanghai Calling was inspired on the immigration journey of Vance Wagner, who decided to move to China. I feel like I can relate to the story of Journey from the Fall because both of our families went through the same hardship after moving to America. Mai Nguyen and my father have to work really hard to support their family. Being the only provider in the family, they both have to sacrifice their family time in order to have money to pay for the bills and food. Moving here in the United States is very difficult, especially if you leave your other parent behind in your own country. Due to some circumstances, Lai Nguyen and I both have no choice but to leave our parents in our own country. I left my mother in the Philippines, while Lai Nguyen’s father decided to stay in Vietnam. My dad was always busy at work, and every time he comes home, he would go straight to bed to sleep. I was yearning for my father’s time just like how Lai Nguyen yearns for his mother’s time. Films like Journey from the Fall and Shanghai Calling have topics that push the boundaries of conventional film. These films are essential in bringing the Asian American experience to life. These kinds of movies offer new images that are never seen in other film before.
Wallace Terry has collected a wide range of stories told by twenty black Vietnam veterans. The stories are varied based on each experience; from the horrific to the heart breaking and to the glorified image of Vietnam depicted by Hollywood. Wallace Terry does not insinuate his opinion into any of the stories so that the audience can feel as if they are having a conversation with the Vietnam Veteran himself. Terry introduces the purpose of the book by stating, “ Among the 20 men who portray their war and postwar experiences in this book. I sought a representative cross section of the black combat force.”(p. XV) Although the stories in this book were not told in any specific order, many themes became prominent throughout the novel such as religion, social, and health.
The Vietnam War has become a focal point of the Sixties. Known as the first televised war, American citizens quickly became consumed with every aspect of the war. In a sense, they could not simply “turn off” the war. A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo is a firsthand account of this horrific war that tore our nation apart. Throughout this autobiography, there were several sections that grabbed my attention. I found Caputo’s use of stark comparisons and vivid imagery, particularly captivating in that, those scenes forced me to reflect on my own feelings about the war. These scenes also caused me to look at the Vietnam War from the perspective of a soldier, which is not a perspective I had previously considered. In particular, Caputo’s account of
When given the task of comparing the sound design used in Raising Arizona and Drive, the task is fairly simple. Drive, which came out in 2011 and is a crime drama, is in no way like the sound design used it Raising Arizona, a black comedy film that was released in 1987. Given the nature of, Drive, the soundtrack for this film is understandably, intense while the soundtrack for Raising Arizona is noticeably, campy. I believe that these particular soundtracks, while different, are perfect for their respective films. In Raising Arizona, the music of the film has a folksy and goofy vibe that fits with all of the particular scenes in the film such as the mugshot scene and the diaper robbery. However, the soundtrack for Drive is prominently dark, powerful and intangible, something that fits most of the scenes of the film such as the numerous fight and driving scenes.
Long ship rides took soldiers back in past wars, whereas Vietnam soldiers flew home. The time difference between the trips is vital for their emotional and mental wellbeing. The long boat ride home provides time for soldiers to talk to one another about their experiences and feelings with someone who understands. Vietnam soldiers did not have a chance to talk to anyone on their quick plane ride home.
Vietnam was a highly debated war among citizens of the United States. This war was like no other with regards to how it affected people on the home front. In past war’s, the population of the United States mainly supported the war and admired soldiers for their courage. During the Vietnam War, citizens of the U.S. had a contradictory view than in the past. This dilemma of not having the support of the people originates from the culture and the time period.
The memories of an individual will give shape to their own identity and how they are able to perceive the world around them; memories allow an individual to look back at where they were and where they are now and to see the contrast of their current life. In the text “Ru”, Kim Thúy, the narrator, finds herself looking back at her memories of her life and dreaming for more. When she arrives at Mirabel airport in Quebec, she is awestruck by the peace and beauty of it compared to her past in in the refugee camps of Malaysia and war torn Vietnam. Throughout her visit, she is able to dream of her future outside of her bleak memories of her past, and imagine a future without the constant strife of living in a post war life. Kim is able to use her memories to shape who she wants to be and allows her to truly admire where she is and where she wants to go, setting a path for her to follow throughout life. In the text, “Ru”, Kim Thúy uses her own past and memories to demonstrate the idea that an individual's memories will shape who they are and show them a life they want to live, whether it is a memory they want to revisit or a memory in which they wish to leave behind. Kim’s present is influenced greatly by her past and allows her to appreciate the little things all that much
In The Pathos of Failure, Thomas Elsaesser explains the emergence of a new ideology within American filmmaking, which reflects a “fading confidence in being able to tell a story” (280) and the dissolution of psychologically relatable, goal-oriented characters. He elaborates that these unmotivated characters impede the “the affirmative-consequential model of narrative [which] is gradually being replaced by another, whose precise shape is yet to crystallize” (281). Christian Keathley outlined this shape in more detail in Trapped in the Affection Image, where he argued that shifting cultural attitudes resulted in skepticism of the usefulness of action (Keathley). In Robert Altman’s McCabe & Mrs. Miller and Roman Polanski’s Chinatown, this crisis of action is a key element of the main characters’ failure, because it stifles the execution of classical narrative and stylistic genre conventions.
...ust deal with similar pains. Through the authors of these stories, we gain a better sense of what soldiers go through and the connection war has on the psyche of these men. While it is true, and known, that the Vietnam War was bloody and many soldiers died in vain, it is often forgotten what occurred to those who returned home. We overlook what became of those men and of the pain they, and their families, were left coping with. Some were left with physical scars, a constant reminder of a horrible time in their lives, while some were left with emotional, and mental, scarring. The universal fact found in all soldiers is the dramatic transformation they all undergo. No longer do any of these men have a chance to create their own identity, or continue with the aspirations they once held as young men. They become, and will forever be, soldiers of the Vietnam War.
...s at that time who have come of age. Perhaps no film in recent history has captured more attention and generated more controversial debate. This film resonates the feeling and question that common people had about the JFK assassination in the 60s. As a result, the debate about the validity of JFK extended much further into the war-torn cultural landscape of America in the 1990s than most observers noted. The JFK was a telling incident demonstrating the larger cultural conflict over values and meaning in America and the competition to define national identity. The whole affair demonstrated how effective a motion picture can be as a transmitter of knowledge, history, and culture. As a result, the debate about the validity of JFK extended much further into the war-torn cultural landscape of America in the 1990s than most observers have noted.
The impact of the Vietnam War upon the soldiers who fought there was huge. The experience forever changed how they would think and act for the rest of their lives. One of the main reasons for this was there was little to no understanding by the soldiers as to why they were fighting this war. They felt they were killing innocent people, farmers, poor hard working people, women, and children were among their victims. Many of the returning soldiers could not fall back in to their old life styles. First they felt guilt for surviving many of their brothers in arms. Second they were haunted by the atrocities of war. Some soldiers could not go back to the mental state of peacetime. Then there were soldiers Tim O’Brien meant while in the war that he wrote the book “The Things They Carried,” that showed how important the role of story telling was to soldiers. The role of stories was important because it gave them an outlet and that outlet was needed both inside and outside the war in order to keep their metal state in check.
The time travelling to the past and to the present has had a great influence on our interpretation of the protagonist’s memories. The notions of time throughout this film also helps to emphasise and contribute to the major theme, time which Marker was playing with. In the film, the protagonist seems like he is going through a loop in time, the cyclical nature and the fact that the protagonist aren't able to escape from it. This great distance and detachment between the protagonist and the viewers are shown by the use of the third person narration and the lack of communication between the characters. The fact that the film uses a third person narration adds a level of suspense too, which I guess it the main purpose of the
Overall, the object of this movie is to entertain the audience sitting at home watching it, laughing at the mishaps and situations that happen along the way. The question is, however, at who’s expense does the laughter come? Perpetuating this stereotype only goes to further damage the way Asian Americans are seen by the American public. Also during the time the movie was being made, the yen and the dollar were in competition over which had more value. This movie in a subtle way suggests that American workers can overcome any adversity, while the Asian cast is lucky to have such determined Americans to help them out of their problems. The movie serves to inspire Americans by relying on a stereotype of Asians to show that Asian are weak and Americans are strong, and that they can overcome any challenge they rally behind.
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