Park Chan-wook let the audience witness in the 120-minute movie: the so-called "unethical love" occurs naturally and rationally under a specific situation-two individuals are supporting each other with this relationship in their respective development. It is not mutual hindrance, and at the same time, it does not hinder other people's interests. Although it is difficult for everyone to accept, its due value is beyond doubt.
The so-called mass morality, apart from spurning this type of individual behavior, shouldn't we reflect on the reasons for this result?
"The most terrifying and cursed thing of our time
is to indulge in form blindly,
and not be like those martyrs who have been burned alive
to send out a distress signal in the scorching pyre."
-Aalto "Theatre and Its complex
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