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* FauxSymbolism : Phuong symbolizes Vietnam. Lampshaded by Pyle: "Let's just look at Phuong. There's beauty. Daughter of a professor. Taxi dancer. Mistress of an older European man. Well that pretty well describes the whole country, doesn't it?"
** Further extended, Phuong represents the developing world as a whole, Fowler represents the aging--nay, dying--old European powers, and Pyle represents the Americans who, in replacing the Europeans, lack their experience and detachment in the field and just cause more problems with their misguided methods.
** Given that the second film adaptation came out in 2002, it's hard not to see it as a commentary on the US's then-ongoing preparations for the ostensibly high-minded invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan - especially since both of them ended up being extremely messy endeavours that caused more harm and problems than they ever solved. And of course, that perspective came out years after the film was released, much like the Vietnam War happened years after the novel war published.
*** Ironically the film was test-screened the day ''before'' 9/11, so this connection is purely coincidental. It was shelved for a year for fears it would be seen as unpatriotic.
** Further extended, Phuong represents the developing world as a whole, Fowler represents the aging--nay, dying--old European powers, and Pyle represents the Americans who, in replacing the Europeans, lack their experience and detachment in the field and just cause more problems with their misguided methods.
** Given that the second film adaptation came out in 2002, it's hard not to see it as a commentary on the US's then-ongoing preparations for the ostensibly high-minded invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan - especially since both of them ended up being extremely messy endeavours that caused more harm and problems than they ever solved. And of course, that perspective came out years after the film was released, much like the Vietnam War happened years after the novel war published.
*** Ironically the film was test-screened the day ''before'' 9/11, so this connection is purely coincidental. It was shelved for a year for fears it would be seen as unpatriotic.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Phuong symbolizes Vietnam. Lampshaded by Pyle: "Let's just look at Phuong. There's beauty. Daughter of a professor. Taxi dancer. Mistress of an older European man. Well that pretty well describes the whole country, doesn't it?"
** Further extended, Phuong represents the developing world as a whole, Fowler represents the aging--nay, dying--old European powers, and Pyle represents the Americans who, in replacing the Europeans, lack their experience and detachment in the field and just cause more problems with their misguided methods.
** Given that the second film adaptation came out in 2002, it's hard not to see it as a commentary on the US's then-ongoing preparations for the ostensibly high-minded invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan - especially since both of them ended up being extremely messy endeavours that caused more harm and problems than they ever solved. And of course, that perspective came out years after the film was released, much like the Vietnam War happened years after the novel war published.
*** Ironically the film was test-screened the day ''before'' 9/11, so this connection is purely coincidental. It was shelved for a year for fears it would be seen as unpatriotic.
** Further extended, Phuong represents the developing world as a whole, Fowler represents the aging--nay, dying--old European powers, and Pyle represents the Americans who, in replacing the Europeans, lack their experience and detachment in the field and just cause more problems with their misguided methods.
** Given that the second film adaptation came out in 2002, it's hard not to see it as a commentary on the US's then-ongoing preparations for the ostensibly high-minded invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan - especially since both of them ended up being extremely messy endeavours that caused more harm and problems than they ever solved. And of course, that perspective came out years after the film was released, much like the Vietnam War happened years after the novel war published.
*** Ironically the film was test-screened the day ''before'' 9/11, so this connection is purely coincidental. It was shelved for a year for fears it would be seen as unpatriotic.
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** Further extended, Phuong represents the developing world as a whole, Fowler represents the aging--nay, dying--old European powers, and Pyle represents the Americans who, in replacing the Europeans, do not realize exactly how unsavory their new position requires them to be.
** Given that the second film adaptation came out in 2002, it's hard not to see it as a commentary on the US's then-ongoing preparations for the ostensibly high-minded invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
** Given that the second film adaptation came out in 2002, it's hard not to see it as a commentary on the US's then-ongoing preparations for the ostensibly high-minded invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
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** Further extended, Phuong represents the developing world as a whole, Fowler represents the aging--nay, dying--old European powers, and Pyle represents the Americans who, in replacing the Europeans, do not realize exactly how unsavory lack their new position requires them to be.
experience and detachment in the field and just cause more problems with their misguided methods.
** Given that the second film adaptation came out in 2002, it's hard not to see it as a commentary on the US's then-ongoing preparations for the ostensibly high-minded invasions of Iraq andAfghanistan.Afghanistan - especially since both of them ended up being extremely messy endeavours that caused more harm and problems than they ever solved. And of course, that perspective came out years after the film was released, much like the Vietnam War happened years after the novel war published.
** Given that the second film adaptation came out in 2002, it's hard not to see it as a commentary on the US's then-ongoing preparations for the ostensibly high-minded invasions of Iraq and
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* CrazyAwesome: Pyle, at least in the book, where he's portrayed more of just a misguided jingoist. At one point he takes a boat up to visit Fowler in North Vietnam without any apparent recognition that he's putting himself in danger. He also evokes this when he acts to save Fowler after the latter breaks his leg.
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* CrazyAwesome: CrazyIsCool: Pyle, at least in the book, where he's portrayed more of just a misguided jingoist. At one point he takes a boat up to visit Fowler in North Vietnam without any apparent recognition that he's putting himself in danger. He also evokes this when he acts to save Fowler after the latter breaks his leg.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The soundtrack was composed by Craig Armstrong, and that's all that really needs to be said. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8K9CQrNyAk Here's a link.]]
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The soundtrack was composed by Craig Armstrong, and that's all that really needs to be said.
** ButWaitTheresMore! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8K9CQrNyAk Here's a link.]]
** ButWaitTheresMore! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8K9CQrNyAk Here's a link.]]
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*** Ironically the film was test-screened the day ''before'' 9/11, so this connection is purely coincidental. It was shelved for a year for fears it would be seen as unpatriotic.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Pyle's bumbling naivety seems like a commentary on America's ultimately ineffectual handling of the VietnamWar... until you realize that the book and the first film were both written well before the war actually started. Very prescient of Greene's part.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Pyle's bumbling naivety seems like a commentary on America's ultimately ineffectual handling of the VietnamWar...UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar... until you realize that the book and the first film were both written well before the war actually started. Very prescient of Greene's part.
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* CrazyAwesome: Pyle, at least in the book, where he's portrayed more of just a misguided jingoist. At one point he takes a boat up to visit Fowler in North Vietnam without any apparent recognition that he's putting himself in danger.
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* CrazyAwesome: Pyle, at least in the book, where he's portrayed more of just a misguided jingoist. At one point he takes a boat up to visit Fowler in North Vietnam without any apparent recognition that he's putting himself in danger. He also evokes this when he acts to save Fowler after the latter breaks his leg.
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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Pyle's determined rescue of Fowler after the latter breaks his leg in a fall, especially when he has to carry him through the thick paddy waters and refuses to abandon him when Fowler insists on it.
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* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler:The aforementioned terrorist strike kills several women and children. In particular, the haunting image of a mother tending to the remains of her baby is what prompts Fowler to abandon his neutral position. Pyle's reaction is no better, dismissing the blood on his shoes as something to be cleaned off before he sees the Minister.]]
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Phuong symbolizes Vietnam. Lampshaded by Pyle: "Let's just look at Phuong. There's beauty. Daughter of a professor. Taxi dancer. Mistress of an older European man. That pretty well describes the whole country."
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Phuong symbolizes Vietnam. Lampshaded by Pyle: "Let's just look at Phuong. There's beauty. Daughter of a professor. Taxi dancer. Mistress of an older European man. That Well that pretty well describes the whole country."country, doesn't it?"
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* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Pyle endorses a terrorist strike against civilians as part of his attempt to set up a new political force in Vietnam.]]
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* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Pyle endorses a terrorist strike against civilians as part of his attempt to set up a new political force in Vietnam.]]]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Phuong symbolizes Vietnam. Lampshaded by Pyle: "Let's just look at Phuong. There's beauty. Daughter of a professor. Taxi dancer. Mistress of an older European man. That pretty well describes the whole country."
** Further extended, Phuong represents the developing world as a whole, Fowler represents the aging--nay, dying--old European powers, and Pyle represents the Americans who, in replacing the Europeans, do not realize exactly how unsavory their new position requires them to be.
** Given that the second film adaptation came out in 2002, it's hard not to see it as a commentary on the US's then-ongoing preparations for the ostensibly high-minded invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Phuong symbolizes Vietnam. Lampshaded by Pyle: "Let's just look at Phuong. There's beauty. Daughter of a professor. Taxi dancer. Mistress of an older European man. That pretty well describes the whole country."
** Further extended, Phuong represents the developing world as a whole, Fowler represents the aging--nay, dying--old European powers, and Pyle represents the Americans who, in replacing the Europeans, do not realize exactly how unsavory their new position requires them to be.
** Given that the second film adaptation came out in 2002, it's hard not to see it as a commentary on the US's then-ongoing preparations for the ostensibly high-minded invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Pyle's bumbling naivety seems like a commentary on America's ultimately ineffectual handling of the VietnamWar... until you realize that the book and the first film were both written well before the war actually started. Very prescient of GrahamGreene.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Pyle's bumbling naivety seems like a commentary on America's ultimately ineffectual handling of the VietnamWar... until you realize that the book and the first film were both written well before the war actually started. Very prescient of GrahamGreene.Greene's part.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Pyle's bumbling naivety seems like a commentary on America's ultimately ineffectual handling of the VietnamWar... until you realize that the book and the first film were both written well before the war actually started. Very prescient of GrahamGreene.
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* AcceptableNationalityTargets: I dare you to find an American in a Graham Greene novel with two brain cells to rub together
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* AcceptableNationalityTargets: I dare you to find an American in a Graham Greene novel with two brain cells to rub together
