C-print, linen tape.

Description

Here Lê incorporates stills taken from The Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now, and Born on the Fourth of July. The resultant work, which blends images of reality and fiction, indicates that while Hollywood films have helped America come to terms with the war, they also have contaminated our collective memory of the Vietnam War, which is slowly being replaced by cinematic images. 

Description from "Vietnam in Transition, 1976–Present" Exhibition Catalog, 2023, p.21.