HBO's take on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about an undercover agent in Vietnam is wickedly funny, deeply moving, and totally unpredictable.
, the pay cable giant’s familiar logo is transformed so that, instead of evoking a television set turning on, it becomes part of a reel of 8mm film. The miniseries, about a North Vietnamese double agent in the mid-Seventies, is filled with the sights and sounds of movies being played for an audience.
This Russian-nesting -doll approach, hiding pieces of the narrative inside other pieces, could easily get confusing. But it never does, for a few reasons. The contortions of the plot also work because Park is such an arresting and inventive visual storyteller. With his last TV project,, he toggled between classical Hollywood filmmaking and a rawer and more verité approach, each looking stunning in its own way. Here, he and the directors who follow him take an everything-and-the-kitchen-sink approach to things.
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