When trauma becomes a masterpiece — Platoon’s most haunting scene

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In this video, we dive deep into Oliver Stone’s raw and personal portrayal of the Vietnam War, exploring how his own experiences as a soldier shaped every frame of Platoon. But we also look beyond the jungle. What happens when we compare this intimate chaos to Spielberg’s grand-scale epic, Saving Private Ryan? Both films aim for realism—but they do it in radically different ways. One is personal. The other, mythic. And in that contrast, we find two very different ways of remembering war.