In the Year of the Pig
by Emile de Antonio
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Actor: Daniel Berrigan, Harry S. Ashmore, Joseph Buttinger, Philippe Devillers, William R. CorsonDirector: Emile de Antonio
Producer: Emile de Antonio
Editor: Hannah Moreinis
Editor: Helen Levitt
Producer: John Attlee
Producer: Orville Schell
Producer: Terry Morrone
Producer: Vincent Hanlon
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 103 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-09-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Homevision
DVD Reviews of In the Year of the Pig
DVD Review: Riveting account of USA's arrogance
Summary: 5 Stars
Another reviewer mentioned similarities between the run up and US involvement in Vietnam and the run up and involvement in Iraq. I think he nailed it. The USA for some reason holds itself accountable to no one and, should it seek to go to war, it will create false truths to do so.
The second Gulf of Tonkin incident which effectively got the USA into the war is commented on by Naval servicemen of the time. Their collective comment is one of fabrication. Washington pressured and pressured for a "positive attack" that they eventually got despite all the evidence to the contrary.
Two loan voices from the Senate rang out in decent of the "Gulf of Tonkin resolution" which basically gave the President (then Johnson) unrestrained power to wage war without a declaration of war.
Further into the documentary we see a "rally" reminiscent of Nazi Germany taking place. Young boys marching with flags on poles, Steel helmeted soldiers and hateful rhetoric by politicians and high ranking Armed forces officials that make your soul quiver.
The arrogance of these people as they talk about "dead China men, Asians etc" as being animals and not caring about life makes you angry and just shocked at the zero value placed on the Vietnamese by the Americans.
For 1968 this documentary dares to go against the popular support for the war by explaining the history of Vietnam and the decent by USA into a war that could never be won.
It's fascinating, sad, emotional and you are left with a "Wow, I'm almost ashamed to be part of this" feeling.
Iraq is today's Vietnam without the coverage. A needless waste of life in a war where neither the Vietnamese nor the Iraqi's ever threatened the United States.
This documentary for me, is a study in "The arrogance of Power".
DVD Review: Showing a historical lesson on the Vietnam War up to 1968
Summary: 5 Stars
Even though this film came out in 1968, before the Tet Offensive, Nixon's Vietnamization Policy, the Pentagon Papers, etc., it is important in that it reveals what people were thinking of during that time in the late 1960's, when the War was already dividing the U.S.
A lot of information that many books don't cover about this war is touched on (up to early 1968, of course), including the viewpoint of the Politicians that either supported or was turning against this war.
A nice little history lesson of what was going on with the war just about halfway through the bloody conflict. As others have said, there are better films and books out there, but this does help out in a topical sense, in that you can understand what both sides felt 40 years ago.
DVD Review: NOT COMBAT FOOTAGE!
Summary: 2 Stars
One of the reviewers said that if you like combat footage then this is the documentary for you. THAT IS COMPLETELY FALSE! I do not know what he was smoking at the time. This documentary is 95% footage of political dialog and 5% maybe of actual field footage.
I m not saying this isn't a film worth watching as that would depend on your interest. It has a great historical background of how everything came about over there and where it went, and who was involved. But if your looking for a lot of combat footage this isn't the film for you.
DVD Review: Not my first choice
Summary: 4 Stars
I think the biggest flaw with this documentary is the gap between 1968, when the film was made, and now. First, so much happened in Southeast Asia after "the end" of the film: Tet, My Lai, the invasions of Laos and Cambodia, Operation Menu, etc. This is not to fault the film for not showing events that had not occurred yet, but it makes the film less comprehensive. The events of the Nixon administration add an even deeper layer to the war and its legacy. Second, in that 40 years, so many books, films, and documentaries have been made about the war and that abundance dulls the impact of this film. In 1969, this might have been groundbreaking. But, now, nothing about the war is particularly shocking to us and, thus, the film is less of a must-see. I would recommend "Hearts and Minds," "Vietnam: A Television History," and even "Fog of War" before this film. Each of those films has a more lasting impact than this one, IN MY OPINION. There is value in this film (I particularly enjoyed seeing and hearing the late David Halberstam), but this isn't a must-have.DVD Review: Just another Propaganda flick.
Summary: 3 Stars
For those who like to see some combat footage, this video has that. If you want a realistic appraisal of what actually happened in Vietnam...keep looking, the guy that produced this turkey is obviously of the opinion that Vietnam was all Americas fault and tries very hard, but fails to put forth the idea that the U.S. lost the war in Vietnam from a military standpoint. Those who lived through it know better.
No, we didn't occupy and hold Vietnam, but then that was never the stated goal of the war, the biggest failure in Vietnam on the part of the U.S. Military was the failure to make the South Viet military comprehend the fact that we weren't staying forever, if there was any massive failure on the part of the U.S. it was Johnson's hard headed idea that we could win a limited war. Had the U.S. thrown in all of it's power we would have won the war, but this would have meant giving the Vietnamese the choice of capitulation or annihilation, and Johnson wasn't ready to make that decision.
Description of In the Year of the Pig
Produced at the height of the Vietnam War, Emile de Antonio's Oscar?-nominated 1968 documentary chronicles the war's historical roots. With palpable outrage, De Antonio (Point of Order, Underground) assembles period interviews with journalists, politicians, and key military personnel and international newsreel and archival footage to create a scathing chronicle of America' escalating involvement in this divisive conflict. The savage and horrific images speak for themselves in perhaps the most controversial film of de Antonio's career, and the film he cites as his personal favorite.Both sober and sobering, producer-director Emile de Antonio's In the Year of the Pig is a powerful and, no doubt for many, controversial documentary about the Vietnam War. But although the 1968 film ultimately focuses on the United States' participation in that ill-fated venture, de Antonio provides a considerably broader historical perspective; indeed, a good portion of its 103 minutes traces the 20th Century history of Southeast Asia, including French colonialism and the rise to power of Ho Chi Minh (described by one U.S. Senator as "the George Washington of his country") as the Communist leader of North Vietnam. Combining extensive file footage with de Antonio's own interviews with a variety of political and military talking heads, In the Year of the Pig goes on to deliver a clear indictment of U.S. policy and tactics in Vietnam, beginning with America's purely "technical" role in 1954 ("We are sending planes, but no pilots," says one general) and continuing through its support of the corrupt Diem regime in the mid-'60s, President Lyndon Johnson's steady escalation of U.S. military involvement, and the growing opposition to the war effort here at home. Yet while De Antonio's doesn't hide his anti-war point of view, this will never be mistaken for a Michael Moore documentary; there's little in the way of sensationalism or humor, and rather than confront his targets in person and onscreen, a la Moore, de Antonio simply gives them enough rope with which to hang themselves. Still, the DVD release of In the Year of the Pig in 2005 makes it hard to ignore the parallels between Vietnam and Iraq. In fact, when one of the interviewees suggests that "maybe what we've been doing in Vietnam all along is an exercise in. the arrogance of power," some might wonder if things have changed at all in the last forty years. --Sam Graham
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