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- There’s a lot of “hammering home” in “Blue Bayou,” where symbols are wielded like mallets. “Blue Bayou” is not subtle, but the issue at hand isn’t subtle either. People who were adopted into American families, sometimes 30, 40 years ago, are facing deportation in increasing numbers, a process that rips up families and shatters lives.
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“It’s very grounded in reality,” says Chuang, who served as co-DP on the film with Chon’s usual cinematographer, Cheng, who adds: “We were working with a lot of first-time actors and used a lot of close-ups, and also trying to bring an authentic vibe to New Orleans and the characters.” Inspired by the films of John Cassavetes and his visceral, véri...
For Blue Bayou’s Antonio, appearances are deceiving. The stained white tank tops he wears at home might declare “tough guy,” but he’s as gentle as a lamb. As a tattoo artist, he struggles to land extra work not only because of his record for theft, but also because his full-neck tat, with wings framing his face, lends him an air of menace, despite ...
Suen’s score for Blue Bayou is hauntingly plaintive and atmospheric, at times employing stringed instruments like the violin, viola and cello — both bowed and plucked. But the cello sounds more like an erhu, a traditional two-stringed Chinese instrument, while the pizzicato style of plucking the violin makes it sound more like a charango, a small A...
Sep 17, 2021 · For rogerebert.com, Sheila O’Malley wrote, “‘Blue Bayou’ is not subtle, but the issue at hand isn’t subtle either. … The center of this story is the family unit of Kathy, Jessie...
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Jul 15, 2021 · Blue Bayou is admittedly not a subtle movie, full of obvious metaphors and occasionally stilted dialogue. Though young Sydney Kowalske’s performance is admirable, she’s tasked with delivering lines that are obviously the concoction of a screenwriter: “It’s okay, she’s your kid,” Jessie says frankly, “You’re supposed to love her ...
Sep 17, 2021 · Taken in isolation, many scenes and motifs in Blue Bayou are exemplary for how they delve into the contradictions of adopted immigrant experience, from the subtle racism of Kathy’s disapproving mother, to the perpetual abandonment he experienced as a child, to the desperate turn to criminality that hallmarks an inescapable cycle of poverty ...
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- Leigh Monson
Sep 15, 2021 · A Korean American man faces deportation because his adoption in the 1980s was never finalized. Blue Bayou may be heavy handed, but it tells a fundamental truth about our flawed immigration...
Jul 14, 2021 · Jul 14, 2021 9:39am PT. ‘Blue Bayou’ Review: Justin Chon’s Blunt-Force Melodrama Takes on the Injustices of America’s Immigration System. Chon's film is stylistically overwrought and...
