Hong Khaou’s MONSOON: Review from OUT ON FILM 2020; a reprieve from the loudness of modern cinema
What stuck with me beyond themes of cultural identity or expat aimlessness were Khaou’s images, often colorful and symmetrical, emphasizing the spaces around Kit, around Vietnam where new capitalism is fast encroaching on old traditions. There are many words about how fast and how much the country is changing, and you get the impression there’s both good and bad to be had in so much memory being lost to the march of time.