精采、創新、勇敢、後現代! ---許鞍華
《大同:康有為在瑞典》是優異作品,對康有為及百年中國提出獨特論點,這樣富於歷史性、政治性和創作性的「港產片」實在不可多得!---石琪(影評人)
有力、動人...康有為的世界,仍在我們的世界之內! --- 沙培德, 「中國地段」博站
Powerful and affecting… reminding us that Kang Youwei's world is still i...展开n our world.
-- Peter Zarrow, China Beat Blog
此片從這動盪的百年中國裡找出不少引人入勝的細節。你不知康有為在斯德易爾摩的一個島上住了四年?而名演員及舞蹈家江青仍然住在瑞典的一個島上? 島的意象以及人永遠置身別處的意念,令《大同》非常感人。這位南才大儒在流放之時,既景慕西才文化,又不忘捨身報國之召喚,在今天旅居海外的中國知識分子的矛盾心境中,定然引起強烈迴響---裴開瑞(著名電影學者,倫敦大學Goldsmiths學院教授)
The imagery of the island and the whole idea of finding oneself somewhere else – in every sense of that phrase – makes "Datong: The Great Society" a very moving film. The life of this great Southern intellectual/utopian philosopher caught between admiration for the West, exile, and patriotic self-sacrifice, resonates so strongly with the struggles of China’s diasporic intelligentsia today.
---Chris Berry (Professor, Film and TV Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London)
康有為是位天才橫溢,膽識過人的大儒,他曾自視為有能力勉救中國清末的現代聖哲。陳耀成的影片涵括了康有為生平、他的家人及改革派的友伴。影片通過他的瑞典生涯,極不尋常而饒有趣味的角度,令康有為重生。---史景遷(《尋找現代中國》 作者)
“[a scholar] of great intelligence and courage…Kang Youwei saw himself as a new sage capable of saving the Chinese people….Evans Chan’s Datong: The Great Society is a film on Kang, his family, colleagues, and fellow reformers. The Swedish angle is indeed an interesting and unusual way to bring Kang back to life."
--- Jonathan Spence (Author of The Search for Modern China)