In the Year of the Pig

(1968): Documentary

In The Year of the Pig is as important to narrative cinema as it is to documentary cinema. The raw and powerful anti-Vietnam (note: De Antonio made the film in 1968 and not in the 80s or 90s like directors such as Stone or Kubrick) documentary is composed of archival footage, interviews done by de Antonio himself, and an amazing soundtrack done by a student of avant-garde composer John Cage. de Antonio first tackled didactic montage in Point of Order (1964), and he all but masters it in this film. Imagine this: w War-torn American soldiers, legless and bloody, being carried off the battlefield while "Old Glory" is being played on timbas and other Indonesian instruments. It is so anti-American, anti-War, and brilliant. This film is a seminal piece of work in the New American Cinema. (Jonathan Garrick, IMDb)

· Documentary (Features) 1969: Emile DeAntonio, producer

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