Just a few of a growing collection to accompany the article here – these are the ones that did not fit in the article in Inter Asia Cultural Studies – OR, for which I did not manage/afford to get the permissions… (note: I increasingly see Marston Mats as the very fabric of perforated capitalism).
A still from the film footage of the victory at Điện Biên Phủ.
The Bridge – French soldiers surrender at Điện Biên Phủ
Mannequins at Điện Biên Phủ today:
French colonial army assembling an airstrip in Điện Biên Phủ:
Prison gate of the Tiger Cages, on Côn Đảo
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A 1965 photo shoot Ken Russell:
Watch madness
Discount Star Wars – From the Book of Bobba Fett
The border between Mexico and the United States – look into the shadows of this Nik Oza photograph.
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And – enough for today – three more film appearances of the ubiquitous mats – the first one here is that national treasure (soon 91), Michael Caine in a bunker in “The Quiet American”:
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Then a classic: 1971 Đường về quê mẹ directed by Bùi Đình Hạc:
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and I think this dialogue inspired Coppola, from John Wayne’s dodgy Green Berets 1968 – pah!
And then, in a field used by the organic agriculture department of the university, about 40 minutes walk from the centre of Bonn:
Too big and heavy to take home of course…
please see here for more – permission granted – mat images in my research article on the Mats in the new “Inter Asia Cultural Studies” special issue on Social Challenges for Vietnam. Email me for the pdfs:
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