Park Chan-wook or Park Chan-wook

Angelica 2022-04-20 09:02:13


Almost all the media reported that Lao Pu had transformed into a youth comedy and romance film this time, and the actors involved were RAIN and Lin Xiujing , two popular youth idol stars. It is obvious to all in "Lian", and her ethereal temperament is enough to make her extraordinary; but the problem is RIAN, his acting skills are quite suspicious. Sure enough, in the film, it was presented in front of me. It seems to be the childish boy in "Full House". If it wasn't for Lin Xiujing's support, I doubt that this film could continue. RIAN won the Best Newcomer Male The actor's award, in my opinion, is just a response to his popularity in Korea and even in Asia!!)
I think about the kind of purely funny youth comedy that is widely circulated in Korea, (such as "Don't Trust Her", etc.) Worry Lao Pu will also be clichéd, but now it seems that all my anxiety is unnecessary, Lao Pu is still the old Pu that I admire! The film is advertised as a youth comedy and romance, but frankly:
I don't feel any elements of comedy at all. From the beginning to the end, there is only depression/sadness/tension, etc., which is caused by the suppression of patients by doctors or family members in the noisy atmosphere of the mental hospital. Depressed by the atmosphere; sentimental
for Yishun stealing things because he wanted to attract the attention of his parents until he was afraid of disappearing forever, as judged by the judge;
grandma Yingjun was brutally sent to a mental illness, and Yingjun fantasized about saving grandma I am saddened by the devastation of my mind and body as a robot; I am
worried about Young-jun's withering body. On the one hand, I expect her to be able to eat but cannot bear to destroy her beautiful dream (robots cannot eat).
The film is not a love movie. The love between Yishun and Yingjun is actually just a sympathy between two weaklings or heroes who dare to fight in the world, a kind of love and cherishing between comrades, because Yingjun wants to save his grandma. , to avenge her grandmother, and fantasize about being a robot, but her fantasies are not recognized by others, and her mother even sent her to a mental hospital because of this, not letting her tell others that she is a robot, the purpose is to fear others The strange vision hurts herself. Grandma was sent to a mental hospital because she said she was a mouse, because her mother was afraid that grandma would affect her reputation and even the business of the restaurant. Seeing that Yingjun was dying day by day, the doctor gave Yingjun electric shock treatment and nostril feeding, which not only hurt Yingjun physically, but also hurt Yingjun spiritually, because they did this. Undoubtedly denying Yingjun's belief is crueler than doing anything to Yingjun.
At this time, only Yishun knew about Yingjun. He frantically stopped the doctor's behavior towards Yingjun. He also installed a rice tube on Yingjun's back for a while, saying that eating rice was actually charging himself, and he took another step. Bu's teaching Yingjun how to overcome obstacles to eat, he also helps Yingjun to find the value of the existence of robots.
In the end, he not only saved Yingjun, but also realized the value of his own existence, because he has always been ignored, and his existence seems to have always been superfluous. Although the last Yingjun and Yishun were not killed by lightning on the top of the mountain After charging, they are still happy, just like the bright rainbow after the rain...
Although Lao Pu himself emphasized that he was transforming and was no longer obsessed with shooting bloody rebellious revenge movies , but in this film, you can still search for many traces that only Lao Pu can have, such as the weird and mysterious machine parts in the film's opening prologue, like the complex life time that always haunts people's hearts; the stream of consciousness The narrative technique; the distorted and swaying language of the camera that represents the absurd life; the atmosphere of violence that is always shrouded in the mold (violence occurs at any time in the mental hospital)......
Although there is no such rampant bloodthirsty violence as before, the kind of compassionate humanistic care can still be seen everywhere: the girl who loves to sing, the man who loves to apologize (reminds me of the little civil servant in "The Death of a Small Civil Servant") , living in fear and even dying of depression because of a sneeze in front of the leader, I don't know if Lao Park referenced this when he designed this character) The woman who often loses her memory and lives by making up lies The man who lost his ping-pong skills and the one who kept stealing because he was afraid of disappearing from this world, Yishun who saved his grandmother and Yingjun who thought he was a robot, each has his own unbearable past, and they are regarded as "rebels". "Society" people, their thoughts and existential predicaments are what Lao Pu is concerned about....
Too much talk, the logic is very confusing. In a word, Lao Pu always remembers his original intention as an artist no matter how he transforms that's enough! ! ! ! !

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I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK quotes

  • Park Il-sun: I did all kinds of things in jail. Because I felt I was vanishing. I stole other people's clothes to wear. And I brushed my teeth diligently. Once your teeth start to go, there's no turning back.

    The mythomaniac: That's true.

    Park Il-sun: I had a psych evaluation and they said I'm schizophrenic and anti-social.

    The mythomaniac: Anti-social?

    Park Il-sun: Like stealing and fighting for no reason. And not having any sense of guilt or sympathy. But I don't know why they call me anti-social. I have my reasons for stealing. I'm afraid I'll vanish. I'm anti-vanishing.

  • [last lines]

    Park Il-sun: More than our socks are wet.