Sullivan's Travels (Cine Fan)
Genre
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
Release Date
29 Oct 2023 (Sun)
Category
IIA (HK), ---(Macau)
Running Time
91 Minutes
Language
English
Subtitle
Chinese
Director
Preston Sturges
Cast
Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick
Synopsis
One of the crowning satires that chastise Hollywood for its duplicitous morality and contradictions, Preston Sturges’ comic masterpiece brims with whimsical fun and a deep well of empathy that goes beyond the justification of comedy as an honorable work of art. It starts off with Sullivan, a director of farces who wants to make a serious film about Depression-era poverty. Disguising himself as a hobo to learn about ‘trouble,’ the dilettante soon finds real hardship as he journeys into shantytowns. O Brother, Where Art Thou?, the title of Sullivan’s unrealised film, is later taken by the Coens as an ultimate tribute, alongside Sturges’ ingenious screenplay and timelessly sharp scenes with amusing catchphrases, choreographed guiles and fluent camera direction.
One of the crowning satires that chastise Hollywood for its duplicitous morality and contradictions, Preston Sturges’ comic masterpiece brims with whimsical fun and a deep well of empathy that goes beyond the justification of comedy as an honorable work of art. It starts off with Sullivan, a director of farces who wants to make a serious film about Depression-era poverty. Disguising himself as a hobo to learn about ‘trouble,’ the dilettante soon finds real hardship as he journeys into shantytowns. O Brother, Where Art Thou?, the title of Sullivan’s unrealised film, is later taken by the Coens as an ultimate tribute, alongside Sturges’ ingenious screenplay and timelessly sharp scenes with amusing catchphrases, choreographed guiles and fluent camera direction.
