The Quiet American
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Brendan Fraser, Do Hai Yen, Michael Caine, Rade Serbedzija Director: Phillip Noyce Cinematographer: Christopher Doyle Composer: Craig Armstrong Editor: John Scott DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language) Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen Picture Format: 2.35:1 Running Time: 101 minutes DVD Release Date: 2003-07-29 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment |
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Movie Reviews of The Quiet American
Movie Review: Be Still, My Foolish Heart
Summary: 4 Stars
Set against the war between the French and the Communists for control of Vietnam (French Indo-China) when America was just beginning to get involved, "The Quiet American," even with all the inherent political intrigue, is basically the story of a love triangle between British newspaperman Thomas Fowler (Michael Caine), American Health worker Alden Pyle (Brendan Fraser) and a Vietnamese girl Phoung (Do Thi Hai Yen). It is a film that prefers to make love, not war: Love is the battlefield on which the fate of all three is decided.There is much on which the eye can concentrate in this film: the gorgeous manner in which the film is shot looks remarkably like color films shot in the fifties with saturated color, slightly faded and the beauty of Saigon and it's restaurants and women. In the middle of all this strides Caine's Fowler a man who has seen it all both on and off the battlefield yet can still extend his heart and his love to Phoung with whom he is living. Fraser's Pyle is a newcomer: he is everything that Fowler was 30 years before; young, brash, hopeful. He falls in love with Phoung as well.
How all of this is resolved is done in a rather perfunctory, though proficient manner. The performances on the other hand are the highlight of this film. Michael Caine, carrying the burden of his 100+ films and the world-weariness of Fowler on his faces vibrates here with intelligence and horse sense, but also a genuine sensuality; an awareness and appreciation of his attraction for Phuong. Brendan Fraser plays Pyle in his usual stalwart manner but he is very effective nonetheless. And Do Thi Hai Yen does very well with the femme fatale role: she's beautiful and mysterious and genuine in her feelings for both men.
"The Quiet American" recalls an era long gone. One in which the world seemed united against the "Red Horde." But this film shows that despite the guns, uniforms, and ideologies, these were real people: looking, finding, losing and regaining love and romance despite the odds against it. It's the force of a heart that can never be stilled.