The Quiet American

[Cooter]

One of my favorite movies. Did you like it?

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[Boon Mee]

One of my favorite movies. Did you like it?

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Excellent movie.
Can't beat Michael Caine. Enjoy all his stuff.

[sabang]

Very good movie, but prefer the novel.

[Bonglek]

Very good movie, but prefer the novel.

I liked both but also prefered the novel. The written word requires you to use your imagination and minds eye so is more interactive and personal than a moving image.

Images can only show the outside. Words can describe the inside too.

Still......a good movie nonetheless.

[Chesty P.]

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Preferred the book. I read it the first time I visited Vietnam in the early 90s. We went to all the places they hung out in the book which made it even more enjoyable.

[Chitown]

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Preferred the book. I read it the first time I visited Vietnam in the early 90s. We went to all the places they hung out in the book which made it even more enjoyable.

What places in particular? Besides the Continental Hotel, that is. Any pics?

[Chesty P.]

It is almost 30 years ago and I was with a historian with a particular interest in Vietnam. He led the way and I just followed. He would explain what had happened in the book which I had just started at the time.
All this to say, that I don't remember which place was which, but I enjoyed hearing about it at the time. Here are some of them, but he took the photos and no doubt still has them today. We traveled all over Southeast Asia with other friends on numerous trips. Having him along in Cambodia was enlightening as hell. Ankor Watt was great.

http://www.historicvietnam.com/graha...gon-revisited/

[BornToTeach]

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Preferred the book. I read it the first time I visited Vietnam in the early 90s. We went to all the places they hung out in the book which made it even more enjoyable.

Did you hang out at the House of Five Hundred Girls?

[Boon Mee]

In terms of books on Vietnam, Nelson Demille's "Upcountry" provided this reader a more comprehensive look at what war did to a country.

[Chesty P.]

Did you hang out at the House of Five Hundred Girls?

Never heard of it, but went to a great brothel in Vung Tau. It was a French colonial mansion overlooking the ocean and it cost $10. a throw. Pretty sure we could have bargained them down, but too impressed with the service to bother.

[Chesty P.]

In terms of books on Vietnam, Nelson Demille's "Upcountry" provided this reader a more comprehensive look at what war did to a country.

I enjoyed that a lot too. I think the story took place when I was living there in about 1998 and Demille got most of the details right. Vietnam was changing quickly back then.