All meaning lies in the rest of the narrative

Major 2021-11-18 08:01:27

The main focus of the teacher's class yesterday was "Memories of Murder".
I heard that the teacher really likes this movie three or two years ago
.
This time I heard that I was going to talk about it. I was so excited that I
jumped up even at seven o'clock in the morning.

The teacher finally played the beginning of "Memories of Murder", which was very short.
In a golden wheat field, a child is catching locusts.
When the locust caught, he was attracted by the sound of the tractor and stood up.
The tractor carried a country policeman (we don't know yet) and a farmer wearing a straw hat.
A group of children chased the tractor.
The police made a funny gesture to them.
In the ditch in the wheat field, there is a naked female corpse with her hands tied up and her body covered with ants.
The police drove the child away, but the child didn't leave, and learned to talk to the police.
A group of children laughed and laughed at the women's underwear, and the farmers went to chase those children out.
Across the ditch, the police's eyes met the child's eyes.
Blue sky and white clouds, golden wheat fields, the film title: "Memories of Murder".

It's probably like this.
In this passage, from the perspective of a practical screenwriter, the
narrative task is: the police found a female body. that is it.
The other parts are the intention of the director.

What gives me the strongest feeling is the atmosphere that has nothing to do with the eerie, high tension of the murder case:
bright, hilarious, everyday, and happy.
The director established elements belonging to the themes of murder: female corpses, police, crime scenes, violence, and nausea. At the same time, he
reversed the operation and constantly interrupted, adding: children, locusts, wheat fields, farmers these elements.
It is these parts that seem to be completely irrelevant to the story,
It gives the story a strong sense of life, the atmosphere of the times and the author's style.
This hidden personality is naturally natural.

The teacher said that all the meaning lies in the rest of the narrative.
The overflowing part.
I seem to understand Le.

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Extended Reading

Memories of Murder quotes

  • Detective Cho Yong-koo: I only beat you up because I care about you.

  • [last lines]

    Detective Park Doo-Man: Did you see his face?

    [Girl Nods]

    Detective Park Doo-Man: What did he look like?

    Schoolgirl: Well... kind of plain.

    Detective Park Doo-Man: In what way?

    Schoolgirl: Just... ordinary