Absent-minded view Not Park's best-but that's ok

Christiana 2022-01-13 08:03:01

From Venice in 2005 to Berlin in 2007, Park Chan-wook did not miss the competition, but all he won were awards such as artistic innovation, breakthrough and dare to fight. This does not explain more problems, but the only possibility is that Park Chan-wook is changing, and this change may be in the opposite direction or temporarily in the wrong direction.

This is Park Chan-wook’s relaxing trip after the trilogy. However, it cannot be said that this is transformation. There is no word of transformation in Park Chan-wook’s dictionary. Even "JSA", he ran to Berlin for a few laps before returning to explain "I'" "Ma Cyborg, But That's OK" has also become obscure, such as its grand vision ending, such as the intersection of reality and fantasy.

Also, dear fans, no matter how bad Park Chan-wook will or really be this time, such as the "unscrupulous" and "narcissism" criticized by Mr. Shu Qi in Hong Kong, or think it is protracted and said that if it is only half an hour and four Fifteen minutes is fun, yet brilliant. From the latter point of view, if it becomes a short film "NEPAL" or "Cut", the length is more appropriate, but the reaction that this provokes is that fans will cry and scold their mothers. In the following, I will focus on analyzing the relationship between "NEPAL" and "Cut" and "I'm". Unfortunately, many people have never seen it. It is even more impossible for fans.

My suggestion is that everyone can wait for this year’s "Evil Live". This is the masterpiece of Vampire Park Chan-wook meticulously prepared. It is also possible to skip tickets to the Olympic year. People are in fear.


The past and present life of the mental hospital. For

example, you saw Lin Xiujing charging herself at the beginning, cut and tied, maybe you still think that the opening is very style, neat and clean work clothes, coordinated steps, empty The look in his eyes and Lin Xiujing's existence are strangely different. The announcements in the factory and the explanations in the hospital are intertwined. It can be reflected that this is Park Chan-wook, not necessarily the words A PARK CHAN-WOOK FILM on the gear rotation at the beginning.

This is a story that happened in a psychiatric hospital. The staff monitored and looked after all the patients. They sat in a circle from time to time for relaxation therapy. The teeth that Lin Xiujing suddenly exposed (afterwards, we can know that it was a major clue, dentures) and the hunger striker's absent gaze can be frightening. The representative of the robot is indeed a mentally ill patient. The grandmother who gnawed carrots in her mouth to feed mice was initially a horror figure in the eyes of the audience, but the hospital patients were their fun.

It can be said that the origin of the mental hospital comes from "NEPAL", especially after seeing Lin Xiujing being pushed in the corridor to introduce different patients back and forth smoothly, telling the change of identity, completely another world. Fully aware of why so many people have the top ten impressions of the first half is a manifestation of strength.

I still don't think "I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK" is more realistic than the clasped hands in "NEPAL" with the name of human rights, but these are two completely different ways of expression.

The connection with "Cut" is the "elastic band" tied to the back of grandma and one of the mentally ill patients in the hospital, but it is not actually an elastic band. It is a long stretchable belt tied around the waist to torture people unable to step forward-in "Cut" it became a means for the perfect hater to deal with the director, and behind it was the director's long-term endurance. Mental restlessness and risk fetters.

In "I'm", this is a tool that is forcibly used. Grandma is regarded as a "monster" by the children and sent to the hospital.

Rebelling against society and communication obstruction is a big theme. Because of language barriers, they should be put into psychiatric hospitals. On the contrary, if the language is the same but the thoughts are not clear, they should be put into psychiatric hospitals. This is the variety of patients in "I'm", not just It is a maladaptive youth and a robot girl. It is appropriate to call it a victim of modern society, and what Park Chan-wook wants to reflect is as a hope that has nowhere to go. The indifference of relatives, self-isolation and incomprehensibility, hide behind every patient. In the film, Rain wears a mask, avoids shrinking, hides his thoughts, and uses theft to prove his existence and so on.


Oh, sad, I'm so sad!

Lin Xiujing sang these simple lyrics while burying her grandma's relics, and noticed that three things were buried: a mouse, dentures, and ashes. It is really interesting to bury the former. Behind it is the rice song like a narrative, steaming white rice... Grandma's pickled radish, winter, spring, and summer white rice, seemingly unrestrained nostalgia.

"I'm" has many imaginary but not real scenes. They are set up randomly. Except for the scenes where a large number of hospital staff are present, others can be classified as fictitious and unreal, such as the large basement and the vast world at the end. , This is difficult to prove as the reality of existence.

The procrastination of the plot is easy to be seen, that is, Rain and Lin Xiujing have added a large number of rival dramas, kiss charging and heating up, and even the canteen speech professor eating a bite of rice. But with them, the film is only 105 minutes. It is undeniable that the silence and neat applause of the patients are quite artificial. This does not include the same empty, distant, and complete ending as the previous two feature films. The sun and rainbow, utopia, absolutely Fantasy, on the contrary, fantasy is the unbearable ending of the film.

In "Old Boy", Wu Daxiu remembered the past when he returned to school, a time-space-breaking cut, the impression of the intertwined characters still remained, and Lin Xiujing recalled in the film "I'm" that his grandmother was sent by her mother, uncle, aunt and several people. The afternoon in the psychiatric hospital has similarities. The robbing of the radio, breaking, and staggered editing illustrate the character's complete past. However, Park Chan-wook was not only unable to resolve the life and death of "revenge", but also had a little power to finish "I'm". The reason for being and alive did not solve any problems, and it was a bit frivolous to throw such a solution at the same time. The theme is heavy, and the end can only be a light of hope, absent-minded view.

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  • Kaitlin 2022-03-18 09:01:06

    Works by Park Chan Wook in 2006. After the revenge trilogy, I tried the warm fantasy route. The cult smell remained undiminished, and I also put more jokes on it. However, in addition to the courage to definitely try, I always feel that the script is not solid enough. Although there are many highlights in the details, the overall is not as good as the previous films. Perhaps because of the high expectations, I look forward to the next work.

  • Elouise 2022-03-19 09:01:07

    Very strange movie...

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

  • Cha Young-goon: Please steal it. My sympathy.

  • 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.