When Marion (Delpy) and Jack (Adam Goldberg) arrive at her parents’ house for a two-day stopover after a European holiday before they return home to New York, we’re given a fly-on-the-wall glimpse at the vagaries of their relationships and jealousies as former lovers.

Because of America’s obsession with exorcising its demons, Hollywood is ever ready for a new Vietnam War angle, and We Were Soldiers offers another view we’ve never seen before — and does a good job. Based on the book by real life Col. Hal Moore, it’s is about the American soldier as a hero for going to Vietnam.

The window dressing is dated now, but look beyond it; Wilder’s story of an insurance salesman agreeing to murder the cruel husband of a beautiful client is the progenitor of everything from Chinatown to The Last Seduction.