Kim Ki-duk proves that film is composed of audio-visual language, not just words or words to carry and convey ideas.
The director's lust and violence are more conveyed through various metaphors and actors' performances. The same is true of the relationship between men and women. Except for the few but the finishing touches, the accommodation between them has gone beyond the direct dialogue of words to spiritual level. And this relationship is like a movie fan and a movie, the movie has transcended the text, it is like a terminal, it communicates with us in a unique way.
From the beginning of voyeurism and anti-voyeurism, to the violence and anti-violence in the middle, to the final interdependence, Kim Ki-duk depicts them with very pure images, making them full of metaphor and openness.
The weight scale at the end is really wonderful, like a shock to the soul, telling you that the film has entered a surreal state from a certain point, and from this point, Kim Ki-deok's wild imagination can burst out, resulting in the second half of the film. Very comfortable space.
But if you want to be critical, the design of the whole film is still too strong or even slightly exaggerated. The characters who are separated from the words are like a symbolic existence, lacking self-struggle and choice, and some mechanical design of the executive director. In my opinion, Jin's way of expressing his thoughts by using "form" as a carrier rather than "character" is not very clever. It doesn't make the film more in-depth, but there is a feeling that although it talks about "human nature", it is far away from "characters".
On the whole, the flaws do not hide the truth, "Empty Room" still has a very deep core, but it is difficult to fully express it in words, right? Because this is a movie!
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