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Sep 9, 2021 · By Kimmy Yam. At the Cannes Film Festival in July, where he was promoting his coming film, “Blue Bayou,” director and star Justin Chon said he had had a particularly emotional response to an ...
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Jul 7, 2021 · July 7, 2021. Courtesy of Focus Features. In Blue Bayou, Justin Chon tells a story with a message, one the Southern California–born filmmaker hopes rouses people to take action. The mission was ...
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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 16, 2021 · Justin Chon attends the "Blue Bayou" photocall during the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival on July 13, 2021 in Cannes, France. Courtesy of Kate Green for Getty Images.
Sep 20, 2021 · Justin Chon got his big Hollywood break in 2008 starring as Bella's lovestruck classmate Eric Yorkie in the "Twilight" saga, but he quickly used that high-voltage jumpstart to go the independent ...
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Justin Chon attends a photocall and interview for "Blue Bayou" during the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival on July 14, 2021 in Cannes, France. Jacopo M. Raule/Getty Images for Dig In Magazine/IN ...
Sep 16, 2021 · Nick Allen September 16, 2021. Tweet. “Blue Bayou” tells the harrowing story of an American we rarely see in film. Justin Chon ’s Antonio LeBlanc, a Korean adoptee living in Louisiana, faces deportation to a country he doesn’t know after an altercation with a police officer. The possibility of being deported threatens to change the ...
