At the beginning, only watching the name and content of the movie was classified as a genre of burning, killing, and looting, and then delete it if you don't have time to watch it. I'm so sorry to want to come to this movie.
"Memories of Murder", "Watching Movies" magazine listed the 100 best Korean movies ranked first. For similar Top rankings, there is no shortage of fake boutiques under the prestigious reputation. Fortunately, "Memories of Murder" is worthy of the same praise on the Internet, although the reputation of zero defects is still slightly exaggerated.
At the end, we return to the golden rice field more than 10 years later, still the clear blue sky, and the water ditch. After Agent Park had a conversation with the little girl, the camera faced his suddenly enlightened but bewildered face.
Shady. music. The cloudy sky.
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At this moment, what is surging in the hearts of the audience is not just as simple as anger. Obviously director Feng Junhao doesn't just want to reproduce or describe the unsettled case that was a sensation that year. Therefore, "Memories of Murder" arranges a vague but intriguing ending: some people are wondering who the murderer will be, some people are still immersed in depression and helplessness, and some people see that the murderer has actually been intentional by the director. Cover up.
Feng Junhao didn't mean to point out who the murderer was, and he wouldn't slap himself in the face to create an ending. "Memories of Murder" is based on a real serial homicide case, and it is still an unsettled case left over for many years. The reality of life is restored, and the film is limited by the reality itself.
Intricately coincidental accidents, the police have repeatedly missed clues for detection; the turbulent social situation, before and after the film carries silent pain.
If the real society is really like a movie, it can always go through the dangers and solve the unsolved cases at the last minute, it is estimated that the criminals who took the risk will have to disappear. Imagine if the film finally reveals the murderer and is a delightful one, then "Memories of Murder" is only a movie that mimics the Hollywood thriller and crime film. And because of sufficient social reality and information elements, such as the turbulent situation in Korea in the 1980s and the level of attention to real cases, "Memories of Murder" finally got rid of the shackles of thriller genres and rose to the level of national collective memory, enough to be eligible to be listed in The top 100 Korean movies.
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Not every movie has to reveal the answer at the end, even if you ask all kinds of questions and flash back to it, you will still be puzzled. Just as "Reminiscences of Murder" did not put more details on how high-IQ criminals compete with several police officers, because the criminals' methods of committing crimes have long been said to be flawless. The story progressed so unhurriedly, even the last few times the police could foresee the murder, but the murderer was always at large.
Helpless pain, real weakness.
The tragedy of individual fate and the turbulent current situation are completely combined, "Memories of Murder" is more like a heavy shadow. On a cold and rainy night, everyone can witness the tragedy happen with their own eyes, without reaching out. When all the spearheads were directed at one person in the end, hope was instantly shattered, and so frustrated, even Agent Su almost collapsed.
The mixed feelings are not the same as walking into a movie theater with more than 5 million Korean audiences. After all, the group memories of a nation cannot be easily integrated into and replaced. Demonstrations, airstrikes and acting, nouns closely related to the times, and rustic flavors that can be heard everywhere. Everything seems to be destined, in the film you can clearly hear the helpless sigh, feeling the depression until the final outburst of anger.
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The scenery of South Korea's farmland in the 1980s, and the turbulent suburbs of the county town are vividly visible.
Clear sky, big clouds.
The golden yellow rice field, which symbolizes a good harvest and hope, hides amazing crimes, and I was even surprised that such a warm opening turned directly to the shocking murder scene, which was suddenly disgusting.
The most disturbing scene in the film is that Agent Park's wife and the young female student pass by on a trail in the dark. The criminal's sight has been wandering back and forth between the two innocent and weak women, obviously he is also weighing who is more suitable to start.
But what a cruel fact this is.
Finally, he chose the prey and quickly followed. …, when the spoon, knife, ballpoint pen were turned out, lightly placed on the ground, the panic and desperate eyes under the flashlight light made people heartbreaking….
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The beginning and end of the film presents a warm yellow tone, echoing back and forth, and other parts of the film are gray and condensed. There are also very few soundtracks outside of the plot, which is quite in line with the situation. This kind of soundtrack and tone created a cold and depressing atmosphere, especially in the field trails near the night and the factory not far from the murder scene, which has a chilling and deep horror.
People shouldn't look good, this sentence is really suitable for Song Kanghao. This middle-aged man with the face of a Korean uncle is not difficult to perform due to image restrictions. His real performance in the film is simply a small agent who lived in a South Korean county in the 1980s, without any pretentious gestures. Especially in the episode where I didn't know Detective Su, the impression of flying and kicking people before the voice fell was too deep. Both he and Kim Sang-kyung can be described as dedication.
Compared with Bae Yongjoon, who took care of the image and was difficult to enter the drama in "Outing" in 2005, contacted Song Kanghao's superb acting skills in "JSA" and "I Want Revenge", and found that the media likes to use "pure acting skills like fire" is not a boast Bluff people. However, in the 2003 Blue Dragon Award, he still did not get the best actor, because his opponent was Cui Minzhi ("Old Boy"), whose acting skills were more sturdy and crazy. But the strength is equal, no matter who wins, it is acceptable.
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And after the first twenty or thirty minutes, the development of the case is overwhelming. Feng Junhao has shown great ambitions in business and art, and a perfect coordination between the two has been achieved. The film can not only be divided into thriller detective films to attract the audience to get the box office, but also can focus on the big and small points, and the weight of penetrating time and space is memorable. "Memories of Murder" does not have the tit-for-tat and fighting spirit of the police and the bandits in the genre film, but it still has a clear and reasonable main line and ups and downs of inner fluctuations.
In addition to the compact plot advancement, the film has a lot of black humor, especially the forced confession style of Agent Park and Agent Cao, and the sixth sense inference, which is both crude and ridiculous and has been marked with a deep brand of the times. The dedication of the agents (Detective Cao also lost a leg) did not bring the case to the end. As partners, Agent Park and Agent Su also experienced mutual contrast. Agent Park finally prevented Agent Su's retaliation, which tended to collapse, which was completely opposite to the original style of the two.
There are still many loyal viewers who watch the disc repeatedly, looking for who the murderer is. And some people wondered why the breakthrough in the case must be pinned on DNA testing across the ocean, and what the detectives missed and what they got. Of course, according to the director's original intention, he does not know the answer, and the real unsolved case still has not been solved. The criminals are hidden among all kinds of ordinary people near the town, although this will disappoint the audience who are keen on detective suspense films.
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still blue clear sky, and the ditch.
There was a terrifying panic around the rice fields, and memories of chaotic time and space. However, unlike the little boy who knew nothing at the beginning and only learned to speak, the cute little girl was quite curious about the middle-aged uncle's actions. She told him that there was someone looking for something like him not long ago, and Agent Park immediately realized that it was the criminal who returned to the scene many years later.
Agent Park asked: What does he look like?
Little girl: Nothing special.
Agent Park asked: Not special?
Little girl: Normal.
The camera faces Agent Park's suddenly enlightened but bewildered face, and when the theme music ends, there is more melancholy than melancholy.
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2005.12
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