Blue Island (2022 film)
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 Japanese promotional poster | |
| Directed by | Chan Tze-woon |
| Written by | Chan Tze-woon |
| Produced by | Peter Yam |
| Cinematography | Szeto Yat-lui |
| Edited by | Chan Tze-woon Silen Wu |
| Music by | Jacklam Ho Tsz Yeung Guyshawn Wong |
Production company | Blue Island Production Company Limited |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Languages | Cantonese Mandarin English |
Blue Island (Chinese: 憂鬱之島) is a 2022 Hong Kong documentary film directed by Chan Tze-woon.[1] It focuses on the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. The film won the Best International Feature Documentary Award at the 2022 Hot Docs Festival.[2]
Reception
[edit]The film received positive reviews in Variety and The New York Times.[3][4]
Simon Abrams of RogerEbert.com rated the film 2.5 stars out of 5, writing that it "features a lot of great footage, but a lot of it either doesn’t hang together or flow seamlessly from one episodic scene to the next."[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Frater, Patrick (27 April 2022). "Hong Kong Protest Documentary 'Blue Island' Picked up for North America Ahead of Hot Docs Debut". Variety. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ Punter, Jenny (7 May 2022). "'Blue Island,' 'Geographies of Solitude' Win Top Jury Honors at Hot Docs". Variety. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ Kuipers, Richard (27 July 2022). "'Blue Island' Review: A Cleverly Constructed Documentary Revisits the 2019-2020 Hong Kong Protest Movement". Variety. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ Kenigsberg, Ben (28 July 2022). "'Blue Island' Review: In Hong Kong, the Past Is Present". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ Abrams, Simon (29 July 2022). "Blue Island". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 6 August 2022.