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Alexa 2022-02-07 14:53:12

It's freezing cold as I write this.
A few days ago, we were still praising this warm winter,
but now it is cold and windy.

In such a bleak weather,
I chose this
movie that I have always wanted to watch but dare not watch easily.

Kim Ki-duk, never seems to let me down.
At first, the people in the film seem to be violent.
You may feel a little baffled.
After getting better, you will know that behind every emotion,
there is a profound story.

Maybe in the process,
I saw some decisive ways of dealing with things,
but the more I was with evil, the
more I felt that the hardships had come to an end.

The one-eyed woman gave up beauty and took back her love and freedom.
Waiting for GI's women and bastard sons
to return to earth.
That last letter could have given them a seemingly happy ending.
But it ended because of the premature death of the bastard son.

Sometimes we are always blinded by something we can't get.
We open our eyes and do what we can to own,
but we don't care what we could have grasped and worked for.

Or, good and evil will pay off in the end.
Persevere together.
Well worth it. Bad or bad.
insist.
destroy.
As long as we are willing to pay a heavy price for it.
And, I really don't regret it.

(Kim Ki-duk really loves using bows!)

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Extended Reading
  • Alexzander 2022-03-15 09:01:10

    This temperate village has a repressed face, the thin layers of soil are bare, the long dry winter and spring are accompanied by sand and dust, the mountains are imprisoned by men, women and children, and the God-blessed Americans are unable to fly. A knife, a bow and arrow, a pistol can all commit suicide, a steel wire, a fishing net, a dog leash, and a length of wire can be made into a noose for hanging. Children have surrendered to violence. Leave no room for survival. "The Pessimistic Perspective of Geographical Determinism"

  • Marie 2022-03-14 14:12:30

    The more you think about it, the more arrogant it becomes. No matter from any angle of characters, race, men and women, sex, language, space, etc., the whole film is full of binary relationships. But not against each other, but mixed with each other. Therefore, this film is also an allegorical film of how to purify relationships = how Koreans gain self-identity. The three central characters finally chose self-destruction in order to achieve the return of identity and self-redemption.