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Welcome to “Arts of War,” Vietnam Veterans of America’s up-to-the-minute compendium of information, news and reviews about the arts—movies, television, stage plays, musicals, music, dance, popular and fine arts, and more—that deal with Vietnam veterans and the Vietnam War. Posted on March 28th 2012
‘Same Same But Different’ Doc in Progress
“It seems like I’ve been working on this film all of my life,” says Deryle Perryman (above, right), the co-producer of the in-progress documentary “Same Same But Different,” which looks at American Vietnam veterans who have returned to the former war zone to work on humanitarian projects. Perryman served a 1967-68 Vietnam War tour as a crew chief on a 175mm howitzer with the 5th Battalion, 22nd Artillery in the Central Highlands. One of the ways he has been dealing with that experience has been by writing about the war and its veterans. And making this film. After a career as a juvenile probation officer and working with young people (among other things), Perryman himself has returned to Vietnam a dozen times.
One such trip led to the idea for this film, which is being co-produced by Moises Gonzalez. The veterans profiled in the documentary “have quietly returned to their former battlegrounds to clear unexploded ordnance, work with victims of Agent Orange, and build schools and orphanages,” Perryman says.
Five years ago Perryman and Gonzalez finished their documentary Dangerous Highway, which tells the story of the late Alabama blues singer Eddie Hinton. While they were making it, “during our numerous trips to the South, Deryle told stories about growing up in Florence, Alabama, and those stories inevitably led to his joining the Army and going to Vietnam,” Gonzalez said. “Vietnam and its aftermath became more and more insistent until it became apparent we were going to have to make another documentary.”
The two went to Vietnam in 2008 and 2010, traveling throughout the country recording oral histories from American,Vietnamese and Australian veterans. In Nha Trang, they interviewed former Viet Cong General Nguyen Monh, who invited the filmmakers to a traditional Tet dinner with his family.
“I’ve come to realize,” Perryman says, “that the Vietnamese aren’t mad at us. They even give Vietnam veterans some status. They say, ‘You were just young and dumb and doing what your parents told you to do.’”
General Monh’s toast to Deryle (in the above photo) was: ”So good to see men who were former enemies come together in harmony.” Monh, who fought against the French as a young man, told Perryman that the American soldiers were “tenacious, very tenacious… and so very young.”
The film also will include archival footage, rarely seen photographs, original music, and interviews with Vietnam veterans in this country, many done at the August 2007 40th anniversary meeting of Vietnam Veterans Against the War.
Perryman and Gonzalez have set up a fund-raising mechanism to secure the money they need to finish the film at the website Kickstarter.com
“If one Vietnam vet or Iraq War vet or Afghanistan War vet can see this film and see that there is healing that can take place after a war, then I’ll feel like we’ve accomplished something,” Perryman says. He hopes the film will help in his efforts to build a school in the Central Highlands
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Two SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT T-shirts purchased in Vietnam during production! Two 8 x 10 prints from MOTOFOTOSHOW or SAMESAMEFOTO. Special Edition DVD of Same Same But Different. And a DVD of Dangerous Highway (a feature-length documentary created by Deryle and Moises about the late great unknown Alabama-born blues singer, Eddie Hinton). Prints, T-Shirts, and Dangerous Highway DVD delivered in June, 2012.
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30" x 36" Limited Edition dry-mounted 19-mil textured cotton rag print from SAMESAMEFOTO show. One SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT T-shirt purchased in Vietnam during production! Special Edition DVD of Same Same But Different. SAMESAMEFOTO prints are currently selling for $600/print. Go to samesamebutdifferentfilm.com to see the images. Print and T-shirt delivered in June, 2012.
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Executive Producer film credit. 20" x 30" Limited Edition dry-mounted 19-mil textured cotton rag print from SAMESAMEFOTO. SAMESAMEFOTO prints are currently selling for $600. Two SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT t-shirts purchased in Vietnam during production! Special Edition DVD of Same Same But Different. Go to samesamebutdifferentfilm.com to see the images. Print and T-shirts delivered in June, 2012.
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PRODUCER CREDIT: Become involved in the creative process (optional, or course). A copy of the final rough cut will be sent after which you can meet with Moises and Deryle (in person in Albuquerque or via Skype) and give your creative input. Two Museum-quality framed Limited Edition Prints from MOTOFOTOSHOW and SAMESAMEFOTO (one from each show). Special Edition DVD of Same Same But Different. Two VIP tickets to the World Premiere of Same Same But Different and dinner with the filmmakers. Go to samesamebutdifferentfilm.com to see the images. Prints delivered in June, 2012.
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PRODUCER CREDIT: Become involved in the creative process (optional, or course). A copy of the final rough cut will be sent after which you can meet with Moises and Deryle (in person in Albuquerque or via Skype) and give your creative input. Two Museum-quality framed Limited Edition Prints from MOTOFOTOSHOW and SAMESAMEFOTO (one from each show). Special Edition DVD of Same Same But Different. VIP Package to World Premier of Same Same But Different (includes hotel accommodations for two nights) and dinner with the filmmakers. (Transportation not included.) Go to samesamebutdifferentfilm.com to see the images. Prints delivered in June, 2012.
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PRODUCER CREDIT: Become involved in the creative process (optional, or course). A copy of the final rough cut will be sent after which you can meet with Moises and Deryle (in person in Albuquerque or via Skype) and give your creative input. Two Museum-quality framed Limited Edition Prints from MOTOFOTOSHOW and SAMESAMEFOTO (one from each show). Special Edition DVD of Same Same But Different. VIP Extra Package to World Premier of Same Same But Different (includes hotel accommodations for two nights, domestic airfare and dinner with the filmmakers). Go to samesamebutdifferentfilm.com to see the images. Prints delivered in June, 2012.
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PRODUCER CREDIT: Become involved in the creative process (optional, or course). A copy of the final rough cut will be sent after which you can meet with Moises and Deryle (in person in Albuquerque or via Skype) and give your creative input. Two Museum-quality framed Limited Edition Prints from MOTOFOTOSHOW and SAMESAMEFOTO (one from each show). Special Edition DVD of Same Same But Different. VIP Super Extra Package to World Premier of Same Same But Different (includes first class hotel accommodations for two nights, first class domestic airfare and dinner with the filmmakers). Go to samesamebutdifferentfilm.com to see the images. Prints delivered in June, 2012.
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012
Comments
Creator Deryle Perryman and Moisés González on March 28, 2012
Hey David,
I wish, but we had specific instructions to keep it bluesy.
You'll enjoy it.
Deryle
Creator David Weisberg on March 28, 2012
Is Billy Bang in the mix tonight?
Good luck, fellas.
DW