was scattered because there were few people, and the enthusiasm was because the film was really wonderful.
Bong Joon Ho (director) is such a monster. Because of the time and place of the show. There are not many people in the theater, and the age structure is also on the small side. So I could hear the high school girls in the back whispering, horror.
Some people were whispering after the screening, would anyone buy tickets to watch this kind of film?
Yes, in fact, I also have such concerns. Will the theater chain be introduced, and will anyone pay to watch it? I forgot to mention that this Korean Film Festival is free thanks to CGV Star Cinema. However, judging from the increasing viewing level of Chinese people, I am optimistic about this film, just like "Miryang" in 2009. They are all movies that give you the feeling of being worth the money.
From the beginning to the end of the film, a deformed mother's love clung to the heart, making people feel breathless. In terms of video, the director used a 2.35:1 widescreen screen for the first time (the screen ratio of previous works). Both are 1.85:1), the wider picture not only creates a tense atmosphere, but also highlights the image of a mother who is fighting alone. The most direct one also gave me a sense of tension that I have never been able to relax. From start to finish, from start to finish.
Director Bong Joon-ho once said, "I want to make the most poignant crime film in the world". When both Korean filmmakers and Western film critics gathered at the Busan Film Festival recommended "Mother" to me, I think his wish came true.
"Mother" tells the story of a widowed mother and her mentally handicapped son, Tai Yu, who are dependent on each other. One day, a murder occurred in a small town. Tai Yu, who happened to pass by the scene that night, was identified as the murderer... The first time I heard the title of "Mother" At the time, many people thought it was a traditional Korean-style bitterness film, but it was not, it was a drama with a suspenseful plot. The clever director gave the title a double meaning: "mother" or "murder".
The narrative of "Mother" is just like the director's previous works "Memories of Murder" and "Monster", etc. It is very Hollywood-style, with clever layout, repeated suspense, layers of advancement, and fascinating, once again showing Feng Junhao's screenwriting skills. And as the director said, "the whole work focuses on the relationship between mother and son". In the film, the distressed mother loves her son so much that she sacrifices herself to save her son and runs around, almost going crazy. At the end, the mother-son relationship, whose blood is thicker than water, once again reached a certain tacit understanding. The son returned the lost acupuncture box to his mother, which absolutely subverted the audience's imagination and was a masterpiece. Through her hysterical performances, especially the two solo scenes at the beginning and end of the credits, Kim Hye-ja proves that she is a unique protagonist.
Many people will make some political interpretations of Feng Junhao's previous works. For example, "Memories of Murder" has memories of South Korea's military dictatorship, and "Monster on the Han River" has an ugly image of the US military stationed in South Korea in the title. Interestingly, there is no explicit political narrative in "Mother", but the director reproduces the real pain of money/class society through vivid images of murdered girls, middle-class golfers, and greedy lawyers. In this sense, "Mother" is closer to a political film.
("Mother" is) a great example of turning a crime genre into an art film. ——howie (film critic)
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