There is a new Viet movie in the making and will be released this coming Christmas: Saigon Eclipse is inspired by the "Story of Kieu", the classic Vietnamese epic poem written by Nguyen Du in the early 19th century.
About the movie and its characters....
http://www.saigoneclipse.com/
http://saigoneclipse.blogspot.com/
About the epic poem and its overview...
http://www.vhvn.com/Kieu/kieu.html
...and if you are Vietnamese challenged and still wanna know about the epic poem, this is an English roughly translated version. Actually, it is partly translated out of the original 3200+ lines or verses
http://leafsong.net/elvenpen/index.php?topic=88.0
Full Version: Saigon Eclipse
Thank you for the recommendation.
One of the best movies about Vietnam is The Three Seasons.
One of the best movies about Vietnam is The Three Seasons.
Darn, Dustin Nguyen is in this one. I'm not a fan of Dustin Nguyen. Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike him or anything... Just not a fan.
But I'd preferred this movie be made in Vietnamese, by that same guy who did "Scent of the Green Papaya".
http://imdb.com/title/tt0107617/ --Film
http://imdb.com/name/nm0870843/ ---Director, Anh Hung Tran
Anyhow, this film is made by Othello Khanh. Boy, that's quite a name. That reminds me, I should change my name to Napoleon.
I dunno, but I've suspected for quite a long time now that Indian American directing sensation M. Night Shyamalan copies Anh Hung Tran's cinematographic style as well as stage direction techniques. If you recall seeing films like "The Sixth Sense" or "Signs", you'll constant see the main character standing still, transfixed while the camera slowly pans around him as he is locked in intense thought. This is to suggest a state of paralysis of course, which is exactly what Shyamalan's characters are going thru. The clever and ironic thing about this technique is that despite the characters seeming paralysis, the tension is still palpable--by design. In fact, it almost wants to explode. Tran's films are exactly like this. These are the halmarks of both Shyamalan and Tran. But Anh Hung Tran has been on the world cinematographic stage longer than Shyamalan. Tran's cinematographic style is so distinctive which is why Shyamalan's is just too suspciously similar. Anh Hung Tran's films are very well respected and there is no doubt that ALL directors WORLD WIDE have seen them. He's definitely a first rate director, or one of the world's top 30, which is saying a lot because America probably has 15-20 of the world's best, including Shyamalan of course.
Of course, Tran's cinematographic style is not new--he did not invent it by any means, but his rather adept use of it clearly shows he is a maestro of cinematography. Unfortunately, Tran only does serious and artsy dramas. He needs to branch out like Ang Lee and Zhang Yimou (most certainly two of the world's best as well) and do action genres and epics. Tran is certainly a good candidate for doing historical epics like the Mongol invasions, Tran Hung Dao, and the Battle of Bach Dang.
The best Asian director of all time is still my hero, Akira Kurasawa. Although Ang Lee may take this away from him as the decades roll by. Anh Hung Tran is limited by the film budgets, and probably by choice too. Anyway, he still needs to get out more and come to the US do business with the filthy rich production companies here. Let's hope "Othello", or the new kid on the block, is worthy of his grandiose name.
But I'd preferred this movie be made in Vietnamese, by that same guy who did "Scent of the Green Papaya".
http://imdb.com/title/tt0107617/ --Film
http://imdb.com/name/nm0870843/ ---Director, Anh Hung Tran
Anyhow, this film is made by Othello Khanh. Boy, that's quite a name. That reminds me, I should change my name to Napoleon.
I dunno, but I've suspected for quite a long time now that Indian American directing sensation M. Night Shyamalan copies Anh Hung Tran's cinematographic style as well as stage direction techniques. If you recall seeing films like "The Sixth Sense" or "Signs", you'll constant see the main character standing still, transfixed while the camera slowly pans around him as he is locked in intense thought. This is to suggest a state of paralysis of course, which is exactly what Shyamalan's characters are going thru. The clever and ironic thing about this technique is that despite the characters seeming paralysis, the tension is still palpable--by design. In fact, it almost wants to explode. Tran's films are exactly like this. These are the halmarks of both Shyamalan and Tran. But Anh Hung Tran has been on the world cinematographic stage longer than Shyamalan. Tran's cinematographic style is so distinctive which is why Shyamalan's is just too suspciously similar. Anh Hung Tran's films are very well respected and there is no doubt that ALL directors WORLD WIDE have seen them. He's definitely a first rate director, or one of the world's top 30, which is saying a lot because America probably has 15-20 of the world's best, including Shyamalan of course.
Of course, Tran's cinematographic style is not new--he did not invent it by any means, but his rather adept use of it clearly shows he is a maestro of cinematography. Unfortunately, Tran only does serious and artsy dramas. He needs to branch out like Ang Lee and Zhang Yimou (most certainly two of the world's best as well) and do action genres and epics. Tran is certainly a good candidate for doing historical epics like the Mongol invasions, Tran Hung Dao, and the Battle of Bach Dang.
The best Asian director of all time is still my hero, Akira Kurasawa. Although Ang Lee may take this away from him as the decades roll by. Anh Hung Tran is limited by the film budgets, and probably by choice too. Anyway, he still needs to get out more and come to the US do business with the filthy rich production companies here. Let's hope "Othello", or the new kid on the block, is worthy of his grandiose name.
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