The director Kim Ki-duk was not telling stories from the beginning. This Korean director who is good at "speaking with pictures" uses an artist-like lens to describe the love between two marginal people. The film is completely free from the shackles of language. , The communication and conflicts between characters are completely manifested through eyes, movements and even blank scenes.
In the same room, when the owner came back, he was affected by emotions, and it appeared chaotic and disordered; but after the owner left, everything returned to a calm and comfortable normal state. In contrast, the world is actually the same originally, but the eyes we look at around us are too subjective. The movie seems to remind us silently, don't trust your eyes too much, listen to your inner voice.
The heroine Sun Wah has been humiliated by her husband and has been eager to escape. She is accidentally rescued by the hero Tae Shik (a wanderer who wanders in various unoccupied rooms). The two begin a mysterious and warm life as a companion. . After Tae-Sok was arrested and put in prison, their emotional connection did not stop there. They were cuddling with each other in another world where no one else was left... The above description is incomprehensible by imagination, but in the movie, we have all seen it, Behind the hug with her husband, Shanhua's kiss with Tae-seok is so real and so beautiful.
"Everyone is an empty room, waiting for someone to open the heart lock and let us be free. One day, my hope will come true." In anyone's heart, has never imagined another, more free world? Maybe only there can you see who you really are and the person you want to see. The tacit understanding between you does not need to be expressed in words, but there is no doubt that it is all relying on each other.
Not all resistance must be manifested through violence. The power of silence is often more heartbreaking. I have to say that Korean filmmakers have made more courageous attempts to dig into the secrets of human nature. "Empty Room" is one of them.
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