Before Your Eyes - Vietnam (1982)
Synopsis
Before Your Eyes – Vietnam (1982) is an unconventional essay film by Harun Farocki that interrogates the visual and ideological legacy of the Vietnam War. Blending staged scenes, archival footage, photographs, and philosophical dialogue, the film follows various characters — including an American soldier captured by North Vietnamese villagers — as they reflect on violence, memory, and image-making. Set partly in West Berlin and partly in reconstructed spaces representing Vietnam, the film avoids traditional dramatic narrative in favor of a fragmented montage of voices, documents, and reenactments. Interweaving love stories, political debate, and historical commentary, Farocki creates a critical reflection on how war is represented, seen, and imagined, both in cinema and in public consciousness. The result is a complex meditation on images as weapons and instruments of perception.
Release Date: 1982-01-24
Runtime: 114 minutes
Director: Harun Farocki
Top Cast
- Bruno Ganz as
- Inga Humpe as
- Hanns Zischler as
- Anna Mandel as
- Marcel Werner as
- Ernst Helter as
- Minf HuToMo as
- Jeff Layton as
- Ronny Tanner as
- Hartmut Bitomsky as
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Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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