First Morning
by Victor Vu
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Actor: Catherine Thuy Ai, Dang Hung Son, Kathleen Luong, Long NguyenDirector: Victor Vu
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Vietnamese (Original Language)
Format: Full length, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-01-25
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Illuminare Entertainment
DVD Reviews of First Morning
DVD Review: It's not the "real" story
Summary: 1 Stars
I agree that on some levels that this movie is productive. It helps Vietnamese American films develop in the industry, and begs us to reanalyze the effects of the Vietnam War. However, I still think the movie is a load of rhetoric: please feel sorry for the characters becuz they are a struggling Vietnamese American family. blah
I saw Victor Vu and some other Vietnamese American film directors at a film panel in Little Saigon. He was talking about how he enjoyed producing movies and telling stories about something which he has not yet experienced. Well, I believe his lack of experience reflected in his characters. This movie revolves around an sister's childhood trauma, which is the ending that is suppose to resolve all questions of the girl's odd behaviors, and why we had to continuously look at some ugly painting throughout the film. I found the ending to be an Alice in Wonderland ending. "Oh, something awful happened to her as a child... that's why the story is boring and makes no sense." I think the film is about the Victor Vu boasting about what he learned in film class: throw in some sad emotions, lighting, childhood trauma for some longing and nostalgic effects, and you can label it as art. "Art" doesn't replace good story telling. The film's overly focused on the "art" that it interrupted the telling of the narrative about the Vietnamese American life.
***** spoiler
I don't see any negative reviews of this film, and yet it has such a poor turn out. At the film panel, Victor Vu was complaining about how he's not rich, blaming the piracy going on in the Vietnamese American communities. Well, that could be it, or it could be that this movie was crappy... and no one is willing to say it because they are afraid of not being sensitive to the ethnic minorities and rape victims. I contest the ending. Although rape is tragic, I don't think Vu can just throw it out there and think that it will satisfy all the questions/expectations that the movie setups.
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