Reviews

That was a time of great TV series, such as Route 66, The Invaders, and The Fugitive. Hong Kong was a very well done, elaborate and intelligent film, with the great charm of Black & White photography... I was anxious waiting for the 9 o'clock pm show at the Brazilian TV at that time, to appreciate the adventures and "embroglios" in which Mr. Glenn Evans, a reporter, plunged in old and exotic Hong Kong. Evans was interpreted by Rod Taylor, an Australian actor, catapulted to the movie world after playing under the direction of Hitchcock, in "The Birds". Although I remember it quite well, I was never able to find the beautiful music-theme composed by Lionel Newman for the series, nor I was ever able to find a DVD version for this marvelous TV series.

This film has also impressed me when I watched it for the first and only time. I was 18 and was spending my scholar vacations in my home town, Varginha, Brazil. Having nothing to do on a Wednesday evening, decided to go to the movies. What a great surprise! A beautiful photography coupled with a faithful-to-the-text screenplay and a competent direction produced an absolute masterpiece of the seventh art. The scenes of the young Meaulnes wandering through the forest at sunset and later getting into the party and finally encountering Yvonne de Galais are unforgettable. It is doubtless, an excellent adaptation of Alan-Fournier's novel. Indeed, it is incredible how can this masterpiece of the French movies be so unknown and so difficult to obtain...