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‘The Color Of The Sun’ Review: Xavier Tera’s Beautiful Okinawa Tone Poem Is All Mood, Not Enough Substance [Review]

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There’s a phrase that’s often used to describe films that has long vexed me: a tone poem. Shorthand for a film that foregrounds mood over plot, I’ve often found the term used to tell the viewer that a movie basically isn’t about a whole lot. It’s a metonym for pretty but, perhaps, empty. I only bring it up because the phrase came into my mind repeatedly while watching Xavier Tera’s Okinawa-set coming-of-age debut, “ The Color of the Sun ,” a film that prioritizes vibes over almost any type of character depth, plot, or anything else one might expect. Continue reading ‘The Color Of The Sun’ Review: Xavier Tera’s Beautiful Okinawa Tone Poem Is All Mood, Not Enough Substance [Review] at The Playlist.

First report: ‘The Color of the Sun’ Review: A Teenager in Okinawa Navigates Grief and Longing in an Attractive but Undercooked Coming-of-Age Drama — hollywoodreporter.com, 5d