Moments ago I finished watching Fog of War, a documentary about Robert McNamara, former Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War that Matt recommended during our conversation last night. It was fascinating and had a lot of great quotes in it about his leadership during the war. I knew nothing of this film until last night, and went to rent it immediately. It has been incredibly helpful to look at how another approached a similar subject matter (ours will focus more on the Montagnard-American relationship than the Vietnam War), and how the story was crafted without any narration. McNamara himself acts as the narrator, which is how I am approaching our film. I prefer to have the interviewees be the voices, but we will see how that works out once we get the rough cut prepared.
More to come later.
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