84 Charlie MoPic (DVD) 1969 Jonathan Emerson

84 Charlie MoPic DVD (Region 1 - Playable in North America - The US, Canada, Mexico, etc.) Widescreen. Color.

Starring: Jonathan Emerson, Nicholas Cascone, Christopher Burgard.

84 Charlie MoPic offers the Vietnam experience as seen through the eyes of a combat photographer (Mopic is slang for the Army Motion Picture Unit). Byron Thames plays a combat cameraman who has already been on two tours of duty; he goes on a third because he is intrigued by a reel of film found on the body of a dead photographer. Thames must answer to green lieutenant Jonathan Emerson and experienced sergeant Richard Brooks. In straight-on, non-judgemental fashion, we are shown the day-to-day struggle to stay alive, meeting the main characters in the natural course of action. As the mission winds down, Thames is compelled to abandon his camera to rescue a fellow soldier; as a result, yet another roll of film returns to headquarters without the photographer.

84 Charlie MoPic isn't about politics or collective guilt; it's about survival.