There is a very famous violent film director in Japan-BEAT Kitano (Take), he has directed and performed in many films, and most of them are on the theme of violence. Such as "Brothers", "Battle Royale" and the like. But the difference is that the content of the story is great, and the plot is very accurate, and he deserves to be a great director who advocates "violent aesthetics."
South Korea is no exception. In recent years, Korean movies have hit Asia with the Korean Wave. Many Korean movies have sprung up and shot in large numbers. According to my analysis, almost every Korean movie has scenes of fighting or gangsters, which has become one of the unique "features" of Korean movies.
As for how to describe "violence" as "aesthetic", only Park Chan-wook, the director of "Original Criminal", has this ability to include it in Korean movies. Currently Director Park has finished filming all of his "Vengeance Trilogy". Since the first "Revenge", Director Park has brought out the vengeance of an innocent man who was framed for unprovoked crimes, revealing the dark side of human nature, and violence created his behavior, and the two became one. When it comes to "The Original Criminal", both the plot and the protagonists (Cui Minzhi and Liu Jitai) have a very complete match. The storyline is also a man who has been imprisoned for 15 years and framed. How can he be full of hatred after being released? Look for the person who framed him. There are many bloody and violent scenes in "The Original Criminal", which also reveals the key to the whole play. Of course, such a perfect idea has won so many awards for Director Park and the film.
The latest "Revenge of Gold" is based on women, and the popular Lee Young Ae is selected as the heroine of the movie. The storyline also tells about revenge, which is the revenge plan of the framed Miss Kaneko after being released from prison. The film has also won numerous awards at international film festivals. "The Revenge Trilogy" has become a famous work by Director Park, rather than a masterpiece, because he has also directed several good-looking movies before, such as "JSA Common Security Area" and "Three Watches 2".
The existence of violent aesthetics is not to smash one's thoughts, but to make one understand that all kinds of accidents that happen in reality have their causes and are wrong and right. The violence did not happen deliberately, but when a person couldn't bear it, he completely penetrated the dark heart. After watching this drama, I really feel that Park Chan-wook is really an imaginative director!
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