| Three Seasons Review |
| by Murali Krishnan |
| The climate of Vietnam passes through three seasons, and just as the
seasons endlessly disappear and return, so to the human spirit cycles
through periods of loss and redemption. This sentimental film follows
the parallel stories of several characters in...more |
| Three Seasons Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz |
| THREE SEASONS (director: Tony Bui; cast: Don Duong (Hai), Nguyen Ngoc
Hiep (Kien An), Tran Manh Cuong (Teacher Dao), Harvey Keitel (James
Hager), Zoe Bui (Lan), Nguyen Huu Duoc (Woody), 1999) more |
| Three Seasons Review |
| by Mark R Leeper |
| Capsule: This is an American film shot in Ho
Chi Minh City with a nearly all Vietnamese cast
looks at various aspects of love, self-image, and
life in modern Vietnam. The images are beautifully...more |
| Three Seasons Review |
| by Scott Renshaw |
| THREE SEASONS (BA M`UA)
(October)
Starring: Don Duong, Nguyen Ngoc Hiep, Tran Manh Cuong, Harvey Keitel,
Zoe Bui, Nguyen Huu Duoc.
Screenplay: Tony Bui.
Producers: Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente and Tony Bui.
Director: Toni Bui.
MPAA Rating: PG (adult...more |
| Three Seasons Review |
| by Greg King |
| THREE SEASONS (PG).
(Dendy Films)
Director: Tony Bui
Stars: Harvey Keitel, Don Duong, Nguyen Ngoc Hiep, Tran Manh Cuong, Zoe
Bui, Nguyen Huu Doc
Running time: 109 minutes
(Vietnamese, with English subtitles).
This sublime and beautiful looking low...more |
| Three Seasons Review |
| by Akiva Gottlieb |
| rated PG-13
October Films
in Vietnamese with English subtitles
starring Don Duong, Ngoc Hiep Nguyen, Manh Cuong Tran, Harvey Keitel, Zoe
Bui, Huu Duoc Nguyen
story by Tony Bui and Timothy Linh Bui
written and directed by Tony Bui more |
| Three Seasons Review |
| by David Dalgleish |
| Starring Nguyen Ngoc Hiep, Don Duong, Zoe Bui, Nguyen Huu Duoc,
Harvey Keitel, Manh Cuong Tran;
Written & Directed by Tony Bui, from a story by Bui and Timothy
Linh Bui;
Cinematography by Lisa Rinzler more |
| Three Seasons Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| For the most part, Tony Bui's gorgeous Sundance favorite is a fascinating
look at life in modern-day Vietnam, seen through the eyes of a number of
characters leading different lives in and around Ho Chi Minh City: a young
woman (Nguyen Ngoc Hiep) who...more |
| Three Seasons Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| Somewhere along the way in THREE SEASONS, writer and director Tony Bui's
cinematic poem, viewers finally realize that the movie isn't about
anything per se. Without the heavy pretensions and somnolent length of
this year's Oscar nominee THE THIN RED...more |
| Three Seasons Review |
| by Pedro Sena |
| FILM TITLE: THREE SEASONS
DIRECTOR: TONY BUI
COUNTRY: USA/VIETNAM 1998
CINEMATOGRAPHY: LIZA RINZLER
MUSIC: RICHARD HOROWITZ
CAST: Don Duong, Ngoc Hiep Nguyen, Manh Cuong Tran,
Harvey...more |
| Three Seasons Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten, Ph.D.
October Films
Director: Tony Bui
Writer: Tony Bui
Cast: Nguyen Gnoc Hiep, Tran Manh Cuong, Don Duong,
Zoe Bui, Harvey Keitel, Nguyen Huu Duoc more |
| Three Seasons Review |
| by Louis Proyect |
| "Three Seasons," a bittersweet film set in contemporary Saigon,
crosscuts between three pairs of people struggling for love and
fulfillment in a world entirely hostile to those goals. The Saigon of
"Three Seasons" is a money jungle where people eke out...more |
