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Jul 14, 2021 · Chon's film is stylistically overwrought and narratively overstuffed, but rests on his affecting performance as a New Orleans Korean American facing deportation. To New Orleans family man Antonio ...
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Blue Bayou is a 2021 American drama film written and directed by Justin Chon. The film stars Chon, Alicia Vikander, Mark O'Brien, Linh Dan Pham, Sydney Kowalske, Vondie Curtis-Hall and Emory Cohen. Blue Bayou had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in July 13, 2021 and was released in the United States on September 17, 2021, by Focus ...
Sep 15, 2021 · Blue Bayou moved me a lot more than I expected or maybe even wanted it to. Scene by scene, this story of a Korean American adoptee facing deportation is frequently heavy-handed and overwrought.
Sep 16, 2021 · It rains often and without warning in “Blue Bayou,” a very messy, very moving tempest of a movie. Part of this has to do with the fact that it’s set in Louisiana, with its frequently ...
Sep 18, 2021 · "Blue Bayou" seems critical of U.S. immigration policy and police brutality. The movie also makes the creative choice to portray one ICE agent and one police officer as supportive of Antonio.
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Sep 28, 2021 · He said that with few stories highlighting Asian American issues in Hollywood, the “burden of representation is so strong.” But Shorten said he thinks making representative films responsibly ...
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Sep 18, 2021 · SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Justin Chon's film "Blue Bayou" is an undertold immigration story, the potential plight of thousands of people who were legally adopted as children from overseas before 2001 ...
