Taste

Taste reveals a new and unique view of Saigon that I've never seen before. I love the cinematography and sound design. Like its name, Taste shows something new and provokes new feelings about Saigon, where I was born and raised. It introduces us to pieces of life that we would've never had a chance to experience. People criticize the film due to its nude scenes. But for me, they shows the nature of humanity, our differences and likenesses. Deep down underneath the covers we're wearing everyday, who are we? Should we question more about the things we do everyday, the food we eat everyday and the feeling we feel everyday? I'm very surprised to know that Le Bao didn't go to film school. His film is brave and beautiful. I'm glad I was able to watch this film in Thailand. I hope to see more of his film in the future.

I think this movie has good cinematography and very bad plot. I understand some metaphors, mostly about historical events. But 99.99% nude scenes are meaningless. Maybe the film won an Encounters Berlinale because of them.

I can't even get myself to give this a 1. It was a complete senseless and quite disgusting movie. How did it get a 5? Thank God I could fast forward this trash.

If you don't have any story, your metaphor is just a decoration on a souless body. This is an example of why most of DP shouldn't (and can't) write screenplay (Zack Snyder is the most typical example). So sad that this movie can destroy many of Vienamese viewer's faith on him.

However, I love the cinematography in this movie, not because it's excellent, just because most of Vietnamese market movies doesn't have cinematography at all. The sound design is good tho.

Acting was acceptable, considering they are not professional.

The only thing missing here is story, the biggest weakness of Vietnamese movies.

Easily misunderstood to be an inaccurate portrayal of Vietnam, and as a former traveler there, the point of the movie is despair and poverty, that happens to be in Vietnam.

I enjoyed the ritualistic humanity in survival mode. I loved the contrast of making hot air balloons but never riding in one; the juxtaposition of civilization against the backdrop of the untamed jungle; and, the deflation of the whole thing as life draws us down.

Beautifully depicted. Amazingly acted. The wildest form of us (in any language) Striking, provocative, and forced meditation on our base existence without the material color.