She's unknown, has never done a film before or since, yet she delivered what is arguably one of the most gut wrenching and soul shattering performances of anguish and pain that I've ever seen, even now all these years later. Seeing her in this interview, the first one I've ever seen with her, is very comforting, it removes some of the sting of the film which I had just watched again just before seeking out this video.
Same here. We know that we're watching a movie, but the image of her character's murder is deeply disturbing. So yeah, the word "comforting" is on the money.
@@sammygaudino8906 That's what makes it so profound. It was never meant to be an easy viewing. You have a random girl you wound up caring about through much of the movie. It hurt in all the right places and in all the wrong ways. This is based upon a true story, which makes it much more meaningful.
@@vivianapolentarrutti2932 I went to the Wikipedia page and I didn't see where it mentioned that she is currently an English teacher At a California elementary school.
What a poised and well spoken young woman. The film was just devastating. It affected me then and still does today. As a rape victim I can relate to what the real girl went through. My heart goes out to her and I feel so much empathy for what she went through. As for Thuy, what a performance. Her fear, pain, and every single other emotion she went through was all right there. My hat goes off to her. Thank you Thuy for such a riveting and stand out performance. Bless you.
What I noticed is the farm girls vs. the city girls in Vietnam are totally different. Very isolated from each other too. The province women are very trusting. When she was kidnapped. The parents were not sure what was happening... They wasn't sure if she was being evacuated or kidnapped. the mother handed her a blanket.. The family still exist according to accounts of 2012. Her younger sister still lives there...
Yeahh me 2, u know it was shame that the U.S soldier treat Innocent women as tools of lust, and in the end they killed her. And actually it's not only happened in that movie, it's real happened in vietnam war.
This movie is a classic that didn't get much recognition its why? i have it in my dvd collection and have shown it to people that have never heard of it and are left in awe just like i was when i watched the film.
Didnt get much recognition cos the US Troops play as the bad guys in this movie, Audience wanna see American hero , this movie really haunting , how could US Troops kidnap a teenage girl in the middle if the night , abuse her, rape her over and over again , and then kill her 😢 ( based on real incident - True story)
yeah that scene was so traumatizing and at last when m j fox meet the same girl in the train.. damm that was like .... the biggest bad feeling... i still remmeber that train scene
In Brian De Palma interview , he stated there are no Vietnamese actresses during that time, he didn’t want make her Pilipino, Chinese, he didn’t want to make her Japanese , he wanted to make her Vietnamese , so he literally looked all over the world . Brian De Palma wanted to make this movie as authentic as possible.
Glad this interview is uploaded and she played her part very well despite the nature of the scenes she’s got to film with Sean Penn and John C.Reiley plus in this interview she’s incredibly well spoken and a smart woman
@@juandef4115 yeah that scene was so traumatizing and at last when m j fox meet the same girl in the train.. damm that was like .... the biggest bad feeling... i still remmeber that train scene
Rape scene?what about the death scene where she gets gunned down on the bridge...oh man i saw that as a little kid and it never left me...i watched that scene tonight and it brought tears to my eyes i remembered the payn i felt as a kid...
I believe this was the first film I had ever seen a rape scene and my brain just knew it was wrong and hurtful. Yet, I couldn’t turn away. I had to be about 7 or 8 years old. I was so rooting for her to escape, and when she was murdered, it just broke my little heart. I am glad the men got charged and jailed, , although I wished she would have lived.
@@ValeriesGal i just saw the movie recently and the scene...still holds up.yup i understand what you mean like my mind made.an oblivio spell on me but that bridge scene was...still is :((....do you know any more movie scnes like this?froom.earlt childhood?like i remember vivdly the neverending story when the horse dies in the marsh the wolf the giant tortoise the flying dog dragon..love dragon actually:))
@David Topchiev hey man, not all of us vets are mongrels and senseless psychopaths. Some of us do infact still feel. After my own experiences I would say that my empathy got turned into overdrive after I left for college. You can find idiots and assholes in any walk of life. And as far as fighting for freedom... Follow the money and you'll find out what we were fighting for. Which is why I discontinued my service. This movie broke my heart as a kid. Now as a young adult, I try to find the beauty in humanity. I don't always find it but I have to imagine there is still genuine spirit in all of us (every human not just Americans)
@David Topchiev look man, if you pay taxes in this country you contribute to the cause too pal. While you have no direct association, you and I are still not excused from the blame since we pay into a system that acts upon what we consider to be evil/genuine (all a matter of perspective). And until we can learn to be respectful to one another, this shits only going to get worse. I meant no disrespect to you.
I red she was 8 when she and her family left after the fall of Saigon in 1975. She was 21 or 22 when she filmed casualties of War. Her acting performance was great in the movie even though she wasn't a well known actress at the time but her performance was gut wrenching and sad and made u feel bad for her cause the character she played didn't deserve what she got by those soldiers and it was grimey what they did to her but that type of shit happened during wars or when another country invades and tries to conquers its people.
To an extent. I think the characters of Meserve and Clark were probably out of control street gang punks who got drafted, and the brutality of war brought out their absolute worst criminal tendencies.
