Sound of Colors
Directed byJoe Ma
Screenplay by
Based onSound of Colors by Jimmy Liao
Produced by
Production
company
Jet Tone Films production
Release date
2003
Running time
99 minutes
CountryHong Kong

Sound of Colors (Chinese: 地下鐵) is a 2003 Hong Kong romance film directed by Joe Ma. It is an adaptation of the Taiwanese children's picture book of the same name by Jimmy Liao.

Cast

Reception

Yen Sun-lun for the Taipei Times wrote, "Unfortunately, the film has turned out to be a colourful and beautiful picture that looks like an extended version of a music video. It may be creative in creating characters and plot for the originally thinly-plotted illustration book and the performances are on the whole OK, but the result is less than the sum of its parts."[1] Ken Eisner for Variety wrote, "Tale of overlapping love stories, “Sound of Colors” finally lacks the complexity or zip to make it shine as brightly as it otherwise could."[2] Chan Ka-ming for the Hong Kong Film Critics Society said, "Granted there is some Joe Ma humour, but the tumbling pursuit is nothing but the channeling of Wong Kar-wai."[3]

Analysis

賓尼 for the Hong Kong Film Critics Society wrote that the film's happy ending differs from other films of the period, whose cynical themes act as a reflection of Hong Kong's anxieties of the post 1997 Hong Kong Handover. The author noted the parallels of the two romances as a larger examination of gender dynamics in Hong Kong and Cross-Strait relations. Specifically, the author noted Ho's sudden blindness as a loss of confidence by men in Hong Kong following recent economic turmoil. This is contrasted with Cheung's confidence as a blind person as a reflection of the rising social standing of women in Hong Kong. Alternatively, Zhong Cheng and Dong Lie's successful romance as lovers from different countries is wishful thinking of improved relations between China and Taiwan.[4]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee Result Notes
2003 Golden Bauhinia Awards Best Actress Miriam Yeung Nominated [5]
2004 Hundred Flowers Awards Best Picture Sound of Colors Nominated [6]
Best Actress Dong Jie Nominated [6]
Chinese Film Media Awards Best Actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai Nominated [7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Yu, Sen-lun (26 December 2003). "A sugar-coated holiday flick". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. ^ Eisner, Ken (16 December 2004). "Sound Of Colors". Variety. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  3. ^ Chan, Ka Ming (15 December 2003). "The Three Crossovers of Sound of Colors". Hong Kong Film Critics Society (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  4. ^ 賓尼 (29 December 2003). "再三細味《地下鐵》". 香港電影評論學會 (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  5. ^ "歷屆金紫荊獎得獎名單>第八屆". Archived from the original on 20 January 2009.
  6. ^ a b (in Chinese) Nominees of 27th Hundred Flowers Awards 9 Sep 2004.
  7. ^ "Mar. 19, 2004: News From Abroad". UCLA Center for Chinese Studies. 19 March 2004. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

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