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Them going into the bayou?


Was this supposed to represent the Americans going into Vietnam where they were not wanted?

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No

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Yes.

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Director and co-writer Walter Hill insists that he didn't set out to make a Vietnam allegory, but the analogy is impossible to ignore.

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