Regret to Inform (1998) DVD5
on August 28th, 2021 at 17:59
This beautiful, shattering documentary by photographer Barbara Sonneborn began production in 1992 but was spiritually born in 1968 with the death of her husband and high school sweetheart, Jeff Gurvitz. Eight weeks into his tour of duty in Vietnam, Gurvitz was killed during a mortar attack at Khe Sanh while attempting to rescue a comrade. A tape-recorded letter he had just sent to his wife appeared in Sonneborn's mailbox some time after his awful sacrifice. Sonnenborn put it away and did not listen to it until her decision to make this film, which concerns the losses and agonies endured by women on both sides of America's disastrous military campaign in Southeast Asia.
Mixing archival combat footage and striking new cinematography highlighting Vietnam's green splendor, Sonneborn bridges the past and present. Woven into her personal odyssey are interviews with American and Vietnamese widows from both sides of the conflict who speak openly about the men they loved and how war changed their lives forever.
Director: Barbara Sonneborn
Cast: Xuan Ngoc Nguyen, Barbara Sonneborn
Country: USA
Genre: Documentary, War
DVD5 | NTSC 4:3 | 01:12:14 | 4.04 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: English (hardcoded for non English parts)
