SOURCE: National Museum of Asian Art
Join author Viet Thanh Nguyen for a discussion about adapting his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Sympathizer, for the screen. Among other topics, Nguyen will talk about the difficulties and rewards of adapting his work for the screen, through clips from the series and readings from the novel. Like the novel, the HBO series is an espionage thriller and cross-culture satire about the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and his new life as a refugee in Los Angeles, where he learns that his spying days aren’t over. Its showrunner is the acclaimed Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook (Decision to Leave), and the cast includes Robert Downey, Jr. and Sandra Oh. The conversation will be moderated by Dr. Sylvia Chong, associate professor of American Studies and English at the University of Virginia, and author of The Oriental Obscene: Violence and Racial Fantasies in the Vietnam Era. This event is copresented by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Vietnam Society.
WHAT: Book to Screen: Viet Thanh Nguyen on Adapting The Sympathizer
WHEN: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 from 5 pm – 9 pm
WHERE: Meyer Auditorium
Freer Gallery of Art Independence Avenue at 12th St, SW Washington, DC 20560
Join author Viet Thanh Nguyen for a discussion about adapting his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Sympathizer, for the screen.
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