It was for good reason this film won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Documentary, as it displays, in abundance, the emotional human responses Maya Lin elicits with her architectural designs and sculpture. There was much controversy surrounding her Vietnam War Memorial, not the least of which focused on her Chinese-American origins. Writer/director Freida Lee Mock uses conventio...
原来美国越战纪念碑的设计者是林徽因的侄女林璎。奇妙的联接。越战纪念碑也好，民权纪念碑也好，都需要观众参与，丰碑在观者的心中形成。声音真好听啊，沉稳的降调，舍不得开倍速。
人物传记类纪录片的经典范例。作为纪录片，其实也就4星推荐，但为了林女士的杰出成就，破例额外加一星 。
A blade so strong that cut through everything
"It's really the people, not the politics."
最大的震撼来自越战纪念碑，很难想象却又敬佩异常一个20出头的学生，成功消化了这一美国历史中相当复杂的议题，安静有力地呈现出来。