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[bleachdyedblonde]

the quiet american // graham greene

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[maddyaddy]

‘To speak plainly,’ Vigot said, ‘I am not altogether sorry. He was doing a lot of harm.’ ‘God save us always,’ I said, ‘from the innocent and the good.’ ‘The good?’ ‘Yes, good. In his way.' Graham Greene, The Quiet American

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[ardent-reflections]

From childhood I had never believed I permanence, and yet I had longed for it.

Graham Greene, from The Quiet American.

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[vietgiorgio]

"And nothing can ever be the same again." The Quiet American (2002)

Director: Phillip Noyce

Cinematography: Christopher Doyle

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[thewriterkb]

Read, Write or Study. 30 Minutes.

Reading The Quiet American, by Graham Greene. Mount Keira, Wollongong. That colour change from 16:00-19:00.

“I wish sometimes you had a few bad motives, you might understand a little more about human beings.”

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[jorahssquire]

Brendan Fraser and Michael Caine in 2002's The Quiet American

GREAT FILM

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[mogwai-movie-house]

The Quiet American (2002)

Another overlooked treasure, some way short of a true classic, but an always-entrancing and rewarding experience. Maybe the best way to describe it is The Third Man, shot on the set of The Killing Fields.

The story, of a jaded, ageing war correspondent and a young doctor vying for the affections of a beautiful Vietnamese woman in 1950s Saigon, is a little shaggy around the edges and feels a little unfinished and half-drawn at points, but still has a spellbinding and slightly opiated doomed romantic mood - an oriental film noir - and Michael Caine is close to his best here, with so many thoughts and emotions flickering across his face at all times, dominating the screen every time he’s on it. 

Brendan Fraser is a little less stellar, but his blank blandness probably ends up complementing the enigmatic nature of his character. I felt the political backstory and developments could have been more clearly defined and laid out, but then explaining the entire Vietnam war is probably a lot to ask from what is essentially a love story and a murder mystery.

★★★★★★★★✩✩

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[cinematic-literature]

The Quiet American (2002) by Phillip Noyce

Book title: The Dangers to Democracy by York Harding

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[oxcroft]

// Graham Greene // // The Quiet American // // oxcroft //

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[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

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[sickofbeingloved]

"Love is a western word", we use it for sentimental reasons or to cover up an obsession with one woman.

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[coldcoldlampin]

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[homocinematicus]

The Quiet American 1958 Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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[audiemurphy1945]

The Quiet American(1958)

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