Vinh Linh Steel Bastion (1970)
I’ve just remembered a great film. Search for Luy Thep Vinh Lin or Vinh Linh Steel Bastion (1970), a great North Vietnamese propaganda film about the much-bombed area of Vinh Linh. It was directed by — I think — Ngoc Quynh and was otherwise known in English as Vinh Linh Steel Ramparts. I caught it when it was shown on TV in the early 1990s and it had a profound effect on me.
It must have been good, because it won Gold Lotus prize at the 2nd Vietnamese film festival, 1973 and Gold Medal at the 1971 Moscow international film festival. Read more about Vietnamese films from 1945 to 1975.
“Vinh Linh had no defences. It had no steel ramparts or automated protection. It didn’t even have barbed wire.”
Posted by Neil
on September 10, 2007 at 9:48 am
Tags: Film, Vietnam