Tag Archives: Vietnam

The Scent of the Green Papaya

Posted on January 22, 2013 by TBM

I mentioned that I wanted to travel more via foreign films this year. My first destination was Vietnam. The Scent of the Green Papaya is a Vietnamese-language film that was produced in France. Tran Anh Hung, who is Vietnamese and … Continue reading →

Posted in World Cinema Series | Tagged 50 Year Project, Academy Awards, Best Foreign Language Film, Blog, Blogging, Camera d’Or prize, Cannes Film Festival, Films, Foreign Films, Man San Lu, Movie Reviews, Movies, Pre Vietnam War, Saigon, The Scent of the Green Papaya, Thi Loc Truong, Tran Anh Hung, Travel, Vietnam, Vietnamese Life and Society, World Cinema Series | 25 Comments

Platoon

Posted on February 8, 2012 by TBM

Some movies are difficult to watch from beginning to end. For me, Platoon, is one of these movies. Oliver Stone, wrote and directed this film, released in 1986, and it was the first of his Vietnam War trilogy. In 1989, … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Adagio for Strings, AFI, American Film Institute, American history, Charlie Sheen, History, John Wayne, Movie Reviews, Oliver Stone, Platoon, Samuel Barber, Tom Berenger, Vietnam, Vietnam War Movies, Willem Dafoe | 16 Comments

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