Review of Siam Sunset (1999) by Scott C — 19 Jul 2008

Fantastic Visuals & Great Performances, But Pretentious.

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The visuals in this film are first rate - great camera work and beautiful color palette - ahhhh, gotta love that warm Australian light (wish us filmmakers in Canada had it!). The film starts out with some great ideas. The main protagonist is an.

Industrial chemist. At the start of the film, his biggest problem is that he can't seem to duplicate a paint color he sees in his head (which he calls 'Siam.

Sunset') in the physical world. However, this becomes the least of his worries when a refrigerator falls out of an airplane and lands on his beloved wife. The grief is too much for the man to bear and his employers ask him to take a.

Vacation until he can come to terms with the loss. What follows in a weird.

Odyssey of a man learning to love another woman and discovering how to.

Create the paint color he sees in his head. Sound pretentious? Well, it is. It's such a shame because John Polson is obviously a talented director. He just.

Needs a more straightforward, traditional story structure to work in. I'm definitely going to check out his Hollywood effort, 'Swim Fan', to see if his visual flair holds up in that arena.