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Article: Lush 'Green Papaya' will tantalize the senses: Filmmaker is driven by
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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: Filmmaker is driven by. need to show humanity of the Vietnamese people instead of violent images of war
BY CHIZU OMORI
SPECIAL TO THE EXAMINER
Vietnamese writer/director Tran Anh Hung made a quick two-hour stop in Seattle on Jan. 18 on his way to the Sundance Film Festival in Utah where his film, "The Scent of Green Papaya," is being shown. He met with the press accompanied by his leading lady, Tran nu Yen-Khe.
Slim and intense, Tran spoke with fervor about the making of his film. "I wanted to show the regular life of the Vietnamese people," he said through a French interpreter. "Vietnam in the movies ...