April 2, 2010
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"The System and the Monsters of the Upper Class"
Kira 2022-09-29 09:28:03
The pace of Korean movies is picking up, and this "Monster of the Han River", which combines business and art, is the best example. While we're still racking our brains with stories and images, Koreans tell a science-fiction-like story with ease, and then leave large gaps for us to imagine and fill. In the movie, the sense of terror brought by the monster itself seems to be equal to the authority in power, but it was finally killed, and its appearance was also because of people. Whether it's the brutal isolation for fear of the spread of the virus, or the sudden spray of purified aerosol because of the desire to isolate, these things show the "monster face" of human beings. We always hurt others for ourselves. The hero in the film is desperate for his daughter's rampage, but in the end he protects the boy's life saved by his daughter because of his kindness. The void-like darkness at the end of the movie makes people feel terrifying, and the most terrifying paragraph of the entire movie comes to an abrupt end.
April 2, 2010
April 2, 2010
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Park Nam-il: [grabbing a grieving Gang-du by the arm] So you screwed up, huh? I heard everything. You grabbed some other girl's hand?
[He claws at his brother's head]
Park Nam-il: You left Hyun-seo on the ground?
[He takes another swipe at Gang-du but Hie-bong holds him back]
Park Nam-il: Your own daughter? You call yourself a fucking father?
[as he says this he manages to kick Gang-du]
Park Nam-il: You son of a bitch!
Park Gang-Du: [bawling] I thought it was Hyun-seo's hand!
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Girl: Daddy!
[the sound of her voice wakes Gang-du from his sleep at the counter. He looks around, dazed]
Park Gang-Du: Huh? Hyun-seo? Hyun-seo?
[He finds that the voice is instead from a young girl, not his daughter, walking past the counter with a popsicle]
Girl: Wait for me!
[Gang-du sighs and lays his head down at the counter]
Park Hie-bong: [annoyed] Now that you're finally awake...
[He hurls a packet at his son's head]
Park Hie-bong: I need three squids for Mat 4.
[He bends down to get a can of beer and mutters to himself]
Park Hie-bong: God, how much sleep can a body take?