Blue Island

Name: Blue Island
Released: July 29, 2022
Duration: 97 min

2022

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Icarus Films | Release Date: July 29, 2022 | Not Rated

Summary: Although the Chinese government promised that Hong Kong would retain separate status until 2047, in recent years the Chinese state has consolidated its power over the metropolis. Large-scale protests by the populace have been brutally suppressed. This mix of documentary, fiction, and visions of the future reveals the current state ofAlthough the Chinese government promised that Hong Kong would retain separate status until 2047, in recent years the Chinese state has consolidated its power over the metropolis. Large-scale protests by the populace have been brutally suppressed. This mix of documentary, fiction, and visions of the future reveals the current state of desolate depression among the people of Hong Kong.… Expand

Director: Tze Woon Chan

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 97 min

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Richard Kuipers

Jul 28, 2022

While there is no shortage of frontline footage of arrests and protestors clashing with police, most of the running time is dedicated to placing recent events in historical and deeply personal contexts. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Jul 29, 2022

The artful parallels that director Chan Tze Woon draws between contemporary and now middle-aged pro-democratic Hong Kong protesters often seem insubstantial given the movie’s thinly drawn narrative of historic events. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Jul 28, 2022

The past-present parallelism is provocative, but it also seems faintly superficial — a way of eliding distinctions and streamlining history. Read full review

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