Audie Murphy in Vietnam Formerly A Thinker Damn William Russo 9781475021943 Books
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Audie Murphy went to Vietnam in 1957 to film a movie, based on Graham Greene's classic story entitled THE QUIET AMERICAN. It turned out to be his greatest movie challenge. Facing death threats from America's political enemies and nearly dying from illness on the other, Murphy faced a difficult professional situation with the notion he was a fugitive "from the law of averages." Now you can read about Oscar-winning talent making a film in Saigon in 1957. Surviving members of cast and crew reveal their insights in exclusive interviews. What emerges is a scintillating portrait of a great American, bringing his unique talents and abilities to the forefront of movie history. (Formerly titled A THINKER'S DAMN)
Audie Murphy in Vietnam Formerly A Thinker Damn William Russo 9781475021943 Books
Bottom Line First:Mistitled, muddled and contradictory. This is the story of making the 1958 movie: The Quiet American staring Audie Murphy, among others. There is enough good in the book that I do not hate it. I will consider some other titles by William Russo but not because this one is great reporting.
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It is fairly common for authors to have less than full control over the titles given to their books. In the case the case of William Russo's Audie Murphy in Viet Nam there is another books titled: A Thinker's Damn: Audie Murphy, Vietnam, and The Making of the Quiet American. Why the two books or two book titles is unclear. Same writer and about the same length that one 245 pages this one 232. This version is vaguely interesting but the title had me expecting a very different story. The other title is closer to what this book is about.
The movie, The Quiet American was based on a Graham Greene book of the same name. The book takes place during that brief period between the French expulsion from colonial Viet Nam and the American debacle. It is a cynical and dark story. Writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz made this in 1958 riding the power given by previous successful and important pictures.
Audie Murphy was one of if not the most decorated soldier in World War II. He had earned battle field promotions including commission on to the officer ranks and he had earned every combat medal the US Army could offer including the Medal of Honor. The war over he had taken to Hollywood to make movies. He was not known as a great actor and had only done B grade westerns. He never took the Hollywood as a life style, and had a low opinion of most actors and most everything related to movie making. To him it was a job and one he wanted to do well.
He also returned from WWII suffering from what we now call Post Traumatic Stress. That is he had his demons and his issues, but Russo presents no evidence that Murphy brought those issues into his work.
And so the contradictions and inconsistencies begin. We are told on a regular basis that the movie is a failure. A box office failure for sure but not very good otherwise. Except that Russo will maintain that it is good. Murphy is over shadowed by his British costar Michael Redgrave, except that Redgrave may have started to show signs of the illness that would end his life. And Murphy's scenes are actually quite good, except when they are not.
Murphy arrived late In the Viet Nam portion of the shooting, avoided public contact and missed much of the location shooting. In sum, Murphy was not in Viet Nam for much time nor for much of the in-country portion of this book.
The making of the movie is the center of this story, given the last pages of the book, the proper central personality of the book should have been film editor William Hornbeck.
Russo could have written a better book. The many, ooo so many reminders that the movie would be a box office failure. It was disavowed by its director and leading male leading actors; facts not needing to much emphasis. There is some good analysis of the movie and of the performers, but too often there is contradictory analysis of same. Movies have people charged with maintaining continuity. Mr. Russo would have benefited by an editor charged with maintaining narrative continuity.
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Audie Murphy in Vietnam Formerly A Thinker Damn William Russo 9781475021943 Books Reviews
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Audie Murphy - fantastic. As a fan, this book was interesting, almost finished reading it.
This book is poorly written. The author should have cut down about half of the information because it was irrelevant to the topic. This book should have been titled "The Making of The Quiet American." The author spent too much space in the book detailing information that was not important and had nothing to do with Audie. For example, no one is interested in the fact that one of producers didn't bring socks and had to buy some. He also detailed things that should not have been included because not only was the information irrelevant because it had nothing to do with Audie but it was of no interest. The book is overloaded with information about people that are not even directly involved with Audie or the movie.
Bottom Line First
Mistitled, muddled and contradictory. This is the story of making the 1958 movie The Quiet American staring Audie Murphy, among others. There is enough good in the book that I do not hate it. I will consider some other titles by William Russo but not because this one is great reporting.
VVVVVVVVVVVVV
It is fairly common for authors to have less than full control over the titles given to their books. In the case the case of William Russo's Audie Murphy in Viet Nam there is another books titled A Thinker's Damn Audie Murphy, Vietnam, and The Making of the Quiet American. Why the two books or two book titles is unclear. Same writer and about the same length that one 245 pages this one 232. This version is vaguely interesting but the title had me expecting a very different story. The other title is closer to what this book is about.
The movie, The Quiet American was based on a Graham Greene book of the same name. The book takes place during that brief period between the French expulsion from colonial Viet Nam and the American debacle. It is a cynical and dark story. Writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz made this in 1958 riding the power given by previous successful and important pictures.
Audie Murphy was one of if not the most decorated soldier in World War II. He had earned battle field promotions including commission on to the officer ranks and he had earned every combat medal the US Army could offer including the Medal of Honor. The war over he had taken to Hollywood to make movies. He was not known as a great actor and had only done B grade westerns. He never took the Hollywood as a life style, and had a low opinion of most actors and most everything related to movie making. To him it was a job and one he wanted to do well.
He also returned from WWII suffering from what we now call Post Traumatic Stress. That is he had his demons and his issues, but Russo presents no evidence that Murphy brought those issues into his work.
And so the contradictions and inconsistencies begin. We are told on a regular basis that the movie is a failure. A box office failure for sure but not very good otherwise. Except that Russo will maintain that it is good. Murphy is over shadowed by his British costar Michael Redgrave, except that Redgrave may have started to show signs of the illness that would end his life. And Murphy's scenes are actually quite good, except when they are not.
Murphy arrived late In the Viet Nam portion of the shooting, avoided public contact and missed much of the location shooting. In sum, Murphy was not in Viet Nam for much time nor for much of the in-country portion of this book.
The making of the movie is the center of this story, given the last pages of the book, the proper central personality of the book should have been film editor William Hornbeck.
Russo could have written a better book. The many, ooo so many reminders that the movie would be a box office failure. It was disavowed by its director and leading male leading actors; facts not needing to much emphasis. There is some good analysis of the movie and of the performers, but too often there is contradictory analysis of same. Movies have people charged with maintaining continuity. Mr. Russo would have benefited by an editor charged with maintaining narrative continuity.
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