1. HEARTS AND MINDS (a film review by Mark R. Leeper)
HEARTS AND MINDS won the Academy Award for Best Documentary of 1974. A co-producer, Bert Schneider, accepted the award and read a telegram saying "Greetings ...
A military is a machine. In wartime it is set in motion against an enemy. If it is functioning as intended the people who are doing the fighting are not making the moral decisions. They are following their procedures, collecting intelligence in a manner they have been told to follow, and they are killing in the manner they have been trained and ordered to follow. Commanders and non- military personnel far from the fighting generally make the major moral decisions.
2. [PDF] Hearts and Minds - Library of Congress
HEARTS AND MINDS won the Academy Award for best documentary feature in 1975. Thirty years later the film was re-released, but that's another story.
3. Hearts and Minds (1974) (112 min) - ArtRage Gallery
Jun 13, 2014 · Hearts and Minds is a 1974 American documentary film about the Vietnam War directed by Peter Davis. The film's title is based on a quote ...
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4. Hearts and Minds | Rotten Tomatoes
Hearts & Minds, released in 1974, was one of the first films about the Vietnam War to have an anti-war message. Before this, movies like The Green Berets were ...
Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.
5. Peter Davis on Hearts and Minds - Documentary Is Never Neutral
This created quite a storm, pro and con, in the United States. The pro were many awards, good reviews and a great deal of public attention, which involved a re- ...
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6. #315) Hearts and Minds (1974) – The Horse's Head
Feb 8, 2019 · Just three weeks before the Fall of Saigon, “Hearts and Minds” won the Oscar for Best Documentary. While accepting the award, Schneider read a ...
#315) Hearts and Minds (1974) Directed by Peter Davis Class of 2018 A modern trailer As with all the documentaries I’ve covered, this post is a massive over-simplification of the events surrounding…
7. Why We're Still Talking About, And Watching, 'Hearts And Minds' - WBUR
Jun 14, 2014 · Davis was no worse for the wear. “Hearts and Minds” picked up the 1974 Academy Award for Best Documentary and producer Bert Schneider's ...
Cambridge filmmaker Peter Davis's historic documentary about Vietnam, "Hearts and Minds," will be released tomorrow on a new Criterion Blu-Ray/DVD.
8. Hearts and Minds (1974) - The War Movie Buff
Nov 2, 2022 · It appeared in theaters for one week to qualify for an Oscar. And it worked because it won the Best Documentary Film award. When co-producer ...
