Before I Close My Eyes (2010)

This video focuses on three contemporary Vietnamese men dressed in Vietnam Warera uniforms as they watch a recording of the historic televised suicide of Hòa thượng Thích Quảng Đức the Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who burned himself to death at a busy Saigon intersection on June 11 1963 an act of protest that shocked the world and ultimately led to the demise of the Americansupported Diem regime The video is structured shot for shot after the pivotal mental breakdown scene in Ingmar Bergmans 1966 film PERSONA