The Inspired Island: My City

( 我城 )

No tagline for this movie

Poet and author Xi Xi is one of Hong Kong's most treasured writers. Though also acclaimed in Taiwan and mainland China for seminal works like the essay Shops, her writings are firmly rooted in the spirit of Hong Kong. Leave it to Fruit Chan, another staunchly grassroots auteur, to make a documentary on Xi Xi's career. Chan sought out renowned critics and writers to discuss Xi Xi's works, starting with 1979's My City. He also juxtaposes photos of a changing Hong Kong with readings of her writings, and even playfully inserts characters from her stories into the film.

Documentary

You Might Also Like

  • Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story
  • The Book of Conrad
  • Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
  • The ABCs of Book Banning
  • The Perfumed Garden
  • Freedom for the Wolf
  • Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
  • The Capote Tapes
  • Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower
  • 100 Years of Ulysses
  • Wuthering Heights: Love, Hate and Vengeance
  • In Search of Dracula
  • Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
  • Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
  • Flannery
  • Milan Kundera: From the Joke to Insignificance
  • The Geography of the Body
  • If We Burn
  • Snowden's Great Escape