Front Line (film) explained
| Front Line |
| Director: | David Bradbury |
| Producer: | David Bradbury[1] |
| Runtime: | 54:04 minutes [2] |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
Front Line is a 1979 Australian documentary film directed by David Bradbury.
Summary
It follows the career of Tasmanian-born combat cameraman Neil Davis, particularly his time in South Vietnam and Cambodia during the Vietnam War.[3] [4]
Accolades
It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1981.[5] [6]
In popular culture
The oral consumption of chrome spray paint before combat in George Miller's (2015) was inspired by a line in the documentary: soldiers putting the budda charms of their necklaces into their mouths before combat to protect them or to guide them in reincarnation.[2]
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUg1J1owor8 Documentary Winners: 1981 Oscars
- Web site: Frontline . Australian Centre for the Moving Image . 6 August 2023 . Australian Centre for the Moving Image.
- https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/accessing-records-at-the-memorial/findingaids/photo/bradbury Guide to David Bradbury's 'Frontline', Vietnam 1962 - 1972|Australian War Memorial
- https://www.acmi.net.au/works/76070--frontline/ ACMI
- Web site: The 53rd Academy Awards (1981) Nominees and Winners . 7 October 2011. oscars.org.
- Web site: NY Times: Front Line . https://web.archive.org/web/20110521105204/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/157028/Front-Line/details . dead . 21 May 2011 . Movies & TV Dept. . . 2011 . 16 November 2008.
