The Quiet American

The noise is coming from the explosions not the whispers.

January 23, 1967: Thuong Duc, Vietnam....A Viet Cong prisoner is interrogated at the A-109 Special Forces Detachment in Thuong Duc, 25 km west of Da Nang. National Archives and Records Administration.

The Illusions of Empire

The Quiet American (2002), directed by Phillip Noyce, is a deeply pensive film that unfolds against the backdrop of a Vietnam teete…