In the Year of the Pig

In Emile de Antonio's film, In the Year of the Pig, Antonio is putting forth his attitude towards the government and their decision to be in the Vietnam War. This was another compilation film, but it was obvious that de Antonio had motive behind it. His goal for this film was to show the American people that the war in Vietnam was not one that we should have intervened in. He shows this with the images that he chose to use. He used images of the Americans being harsh and the Vietnamese civilians standing by helplessly. He also made point of highlighting the type of weapons in use by the American soldiers. One scene that really stuck out to me is when the American troops are plowing over the fields in Vietnam knocking down everything and anything that got in their way. The Vietnamese civilians watched as their back yards were destroyed right before their eyes. I think that this film was both subjective and objective because they were real events, but de Antonio's opinion was clear.