"Even without the presence of a subjective voice-over narration, it’s difficult not to read the repeated shots of hand-to-hand combat with stuffed dummies in light of the ultimate goal of training: to fight in Vietnam. Wiseman’s insight isn’t at all an irony, but rather an incongruity between the controlled circumstances during training and the actual circumstances in which they will have to utilize their lessons."Read my full review of Frederick Wiseman's Basic Training online here at Not Coming to a Theater Near You.
http://notcoming.com/reviews/basictraining/
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