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Michael Herr

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Also known as Michael David Herr

American war correspondent, screenwriter (1940-2016)

Person · Open Library

Born
13 Apr 1940
Died
23 Jun 2016
Works
15

Top works

  • We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow
  • C'était Kubrick
  • Kubrick
  • Schachtafelen der Gesundheyt
  • Kubrick

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Listeners
10
Total plays
83

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Quotes

  • There was such a dense concentration of energy there [Vietnam], American and essentially adolescent, if that energy could have been channeled into anything more than noise, waste and pain it would have lighted up Indochina for a thousand years.
  • I think that Vietnam is what we had instead of happy childhoods.
  • War stories aren't really anything more than stories about people anyway.
  • Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, we've all been there.
  • Soldier: You guys aught to do a story on me suntahm.Herr: Why should we do a story about you?Soldier: 'Cause I'm so fuckin' good, 'n' that ain' no shit, neither. Got me one hunnert 'n' fifty-se'en gooks kilt. 'N' fifty caribou. Them're all certified.
  • Mal Hombre: God damn it, Sergeant. I thought you were a professional soldier.Sergeant: I waited as long as I could, Sir. Any longer, and I was gonna lose my man.Mal Hombre: This outfit is perfectly capable of taking care of its own dirty laundry. Is that clear, Sergeant?Sergeant: Colonel, since when is a wounded trooper 'dirty laundry'?

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date of birth
1940-04-13
date of death
2016-06-24
birth name
Michael David Herr
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