In Constance Tsang’s feature-length directorial debut, Blue Sun Palace, silence speaks volumes. The film traces the bonds forged by a trio of Chinese immigrants who work and live in Flushing, Queens. When tragedy strikes, those bonds are reconfigured and become even more important. Blue Sun Palace’s tale is filled with quiet spaces, and the way the texture of this quiet changes over the course of the film is a testament to its power.
Tsang’s feature debut begins with Didi (Xu Haipeng) and Cheung (Lee Kang-sheng) having dinner together at a small Chinese restaurant. Cinematographer Norm Li’s camera bobs lazily between them as their conversation flows from trivial matters, like their feelings about fried chicken, to more significant ones, like their feelings about each other. The way Cheung reaches out to dab sauce off Didi’s cheek, the way they let the silence hang between them when...
Tsang’s feature debut begins with Didi (Xu Haipeng) and Cheung (Lee Kang-sheng) having dinner together at a small Chinese restaurant. Cinematographer Norm Li’s camera bobs lazily between them as their conversation flows from trivial matters, like their feelings about fried chicken, to more significant ones, like their feelings about each other. The way Cheung reaches out to dab sauce off Didi’s cheek, the way they let the silence hang between them when...
- 8/12/2024
- by Ross McIndoe
- Slant Magazine
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