Thi Hai Yen Do

Jaclyn 2022-05-05 06:01:01

Graham Greene’s original work. I think the film renders the novel very well. Michael Caine plays Fowler very well. His face is full of vicissitudes and helplessness. The background of the story is the eve of the Vietnam War in the United States. The French are tired from fighting the Viet Cong. The...

Korbin 2022-05-05 06:01:01

A story about a political conspiracy:

In Saigon, Vietnam in the 1950s, the French and the Communist Party of Vietnam were fighting fiercely. A third force that wanted to make a difference took advantage of the opportunity. A quiet American brought a conspiracy, a conspiracy. A deliberate slaughter...

Berniece 2022-05-05 06:01:01

A metaphor for the old colonists meeting the challenge of the new colonists in the colony. The love story/love triangle/two men competing for a woman once again become a metaphor. The world of Su Sihuang can be seen as a pair: the Americans' offensive and the British's counter-examination. What's interesting is that the Americans' accusations against the British are in their injustice: they can't tell that they are getting married, while the British's objection to the Americans lies in their hypocrisy: they brew violence in the name of love/justice.

Devyn 2022-05-05 06:01:01

Empty and weak, whether it is love or war.