Owl and the Sparrow

If you know me well, then you know I can't stand most movies and don't bother watching them. I get bored with them. The stories are too predictable, usually, and as a writer and a visual person I end up cringing and wanting to redo everything I'm watching and hearing.

Today I saw a movie I loved: Owl and the Sparrow. It was in Vietnamese with English subtitles, and it was easy to understand without having to read much (that's a tribute to the acting and the cinematography). And it captured Saigon at night beautifully, in ways I never could with my little digital still/movie camera that I had with me in Vietnam.

The bad news: Owl and the Sparrow was only showing here for one day as part of the Silk Screen Film Festival. The good news: You can watch the trailer here.