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Article: Lush 'Green Papaya' will tantalize the senses: Film's lighting,
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- February 15, 1994
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Chizu Omori
International Examiner
02-15-1994
Lush 'Green Papaya' will tantalize the senses: Film's lighting, music,. color, texture evokes fairytale ambiance of a Vietnam that no longer exists
BY CHIZU OMORI
SPECIAL TO THE EXAMINER
As Vietnam's first submission for an Oscar in this year's competition for best foreign film since the 1975 U.S. embargo, Tran Anh Hung's "The Scent of Green Papaya" is attracting attention to yet one more film from Asia. Having already won the Camera d'Or (best first film) at the Cannes Film Festival, it is being exhibited worldwide and will open in Seattle Friday.
American audiences, so used to slambang action flicks, will find the slow pacing and quiet of this ...