Anything that Stephen Berry writes, ive got to read. Stephen berry always brings to his research incredible, beautiful writing, with rich insights and what i think, many of us, we like him so much and thats a good thing. His work is so good that you want us to come to the jealousy but you cant, stephen is such a wonderful guy. He is a fantastic teacher as well. Many of my students have gone to work with him over the years. At the university of georgia he has not only he is not only a prolific scholar, but he has written or edited six books. My favorite is all that makes a man, love and ambition in the civil war south. That was his him his dissertation done sometime ago at the university of North Carolina. William barney is his advisor who is still there. Another book i would highly recommend, which he edited, a fantastic book called were doing the war. War, storieshe from the civil war possible ragged edge. The other thing, hes engaged in a lot of Digital Projects and has many of his s
And with additional funding from these foundations and individuals and by and the annual Financial Support of hello, im john lithgow. Welcome to american cinema. Sam fuller, a great director and a veteran, says the only way to make a war movie realistic is to have someone with a rifle stand behind the screen and shoot at the audience because war is so gruesome that nothing on the screen can ever really capture it. During world war ii, hollywood produced films which softened war realities with tales of heroism and valor. The platoon of bataan and guadalcanal diary portrayed an america true to its ideal, if not its reality; a model of ethnically diverse americans working together. There was always a tension between hollywoods portrayal and filmmakers experiences. Directors like john ford and sam fuller, who had really seen battle, brought a deeper urgency and understanding to the films they made. They left a legacy for the next generation. When it came to vietnam, the conventions of holl
That it was also the 18th birthday of the National World war ii museum. This originally opened in the june of 2000. We are just beginning to grow. Everything we see today that we are surrounded by, all of this wonderful construction that continues, it is really a testament of honor, respect and admiration that we have for the men and women that served in the world war ii years. Many people have put a lot of their lives, a lot of hard work into conducting this mission to honor those veterans which we all share as a passion. I dont think there is anyone who played a larger role than our next speaker. Dr. Nick mueller was the founding president and ceo of the museum. He is also a senior scholar in the institute that we are happy to have. To close out this wonderful day, he will give us some of his memories of all of that process about the film and its legacy, about this museum and his dear friends. Please welcome to the stage dr. Nick mueller. [laughter] [applause] dr. Mueller great to be
And by and the annual Financial Support of hello, im john lithgow. Welcome to american cinema. Sam fuller, a great director and a veteran, says the only way to make a war movie realistic is to have someone with a rifle stand behind the screen and shoot at the audience because war is so gruesome that nothing on the screen can ever really capture it. During world war ii, hollywood produced films which softened war realities with tales of heroism and valor. The platoon of bataan and guadalcanal diary portrayed an america true to its ideal, if not its reality; a model of ethnically diverse americans working together. There was always a tension between hollywoods portrayal and filmmakers experiences. Directors like john ford and sam fuller, who had really seen battle, brought a deeper urgency and understanding to the films they made. They left a legacy for the next generation. When it came to vietnam, the conventions of hollywood didnt match the soldiers reality. Filmmakers like francis for
she tells what it was like to see teddy the day after the accident and then she said he wasn t like himself create she said maybe it was because he had been injured in a car accident or maybe that the death of the girl that was with him but she said that he was not like himself to she points that out. she mentions that jackie had once called teddy the black sheep of the family. this is what rose says that she says i didn t see that. she said i didn t see that myself. i don t think he was but she knows something is dreadfully wrong and she is also very upset that the press is haunting her and the hyannis point compound and she can hardly come and go because they are there. soshi as we know know meets with mary jo kopecky s parents and the kennedy apartment in new york. she empathizes and sympathizes and she says i lost my daughter kathleen at the exact same age of 28 is your daughter. so she does try to reach out to the family but i think she is really perplexed by exactly wha