As a subject, Vietnam has now moved well beyond the 1970s and 80s films like Coming Home , or The Deer Hunter and Apocalypse, Now where the project was to record the collision between our superpower morals and our small town democratic mythology. And forget the French Indochine, which had more to do with Catherine Deneuve's wardrobe than it did with French colonialism. Bui's work feels more like Anh Hung Tran's 1993 film, The Scent of Green Papaya . Set in the present, time slips languorously by.
Rain pours down at night, Days are hot.
Three Seasons got huge ovations after its world premiere at Sundance '99. And imagine what Tony Bui will do when he's 36. The King of Masks marks the latest dramatic feature from acclaimed Chinese director Wu Tian Ming and the end of his eight year hiatus from filmmaking. He subsequently returned to China and resumed his career with great difficulty. King of Masks , made in 1996, is his first film since repatriation.