I found the movie lacks the charm of `the scent of green papaya', but what a glorious rendition of film colors! I can totally disregard the movie itself and just watch those carefully staged colors shifted from one scene to the next. The art direction clearly surpass the movie itself here. it's too bad that the story couldn't be stronger. To my opinion, Anh Hung Tran is a stronger artistic director than a film director. I wish to see him brings some of his visual styles to Hollywood movies.
Review of The Vertical Ray of the Sun
