Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Eye Of The Beholder

What does "Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith", "Pulp Fiction" and Nick Nolte have in common? "A Beautiful Country", the Vietnam-related drama set in 1990. Actually, Temuera "Janga Fett" Morrison, Tim "Ringo" Roth and Nolte only put in supporting roles.

What make this masterpiece truly unique is the in depth look at perspectives other than those of soldiers. Timid yet highly potent actor Damien Nguyen plays the son of a Vietnamese women and a U.S. soldier but the relationships and brilliant shot selections give life to an amazing story of survival, redemption, and a disgraceful time in human history. Definitely worth a late night viewing if you don't mind partial subtitling and artistic filmmaking.

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