Three Seasons

Winner of an unprecedented three major awards at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival (including the Grand Jury, Audience and Cinematography awards), this first feature by 26-year-old Tony Bui is a poetic narrative about the "new" Vietnam, and is the first American independent film to be shot on location ...more

If Three Seasons were as substantive as it is engaging or as satisfying as it is attractive, it would be a masterpiece. As it stands, the much-lauded first feature of Tony Bui reveals a rare instance of a director with more talent than ambition. Bui has an eye for an indelible image and the composition skills of a seasoned veteran, but each of his film's three stories all taper into ponderousness well before reaching their conclusion. But by the time it becomes apparent that Bui has a ...more