Film Blog: The Turning
By Susanna Chen
Film still from "Ash Wednesday" as part of The Turning, 2013,
From Forrest Gump (1994) to Hugo (2011), countless novels have been adapted as screenplays, ending up as successful movies adored by millions. The Turning (2013), one of the films shown at the 38th Hong Kong International Film Festival earlier this year, belongs in this category—the original book, written by Australian author Tim Winton and published in 2005, is a collection of linked short stories illustrating the lives of people along the coast of Western Australia. But, at times, the experimental yet mesmerizing film interpretation that resulted seems closer to a piece of video art.
