October 2009
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Thirst - 박쥐 - Chan Wook Park
I’ve been watching Korean films for a while now (I guess I got hooked with Kim Ki Duk’s Samaritan Girl) but Thirst was my first Korean experience inside a cinema. Sex, violence, comedy, and tragedy. A mixture of “frickin’ awesome!” and “what the f**k?” Being a vampire may be cool, but having random hallucinations of your murdered husband appearing...
Oct 21st
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Bittersweet Life - Kim Ji Woon
Having seen 3 of Kim Ji Woon’s movies (be sure to check out The Good The Bad The Weird) I kind of knew what to expect… But Bittersweet Life still delivers. We see violence, we see killing, and when it all ends up in a bloodbath, it doesn’t feel like a compromise. I think I’ve forgotten how to write about films… and part of my tooth fell off today Kind of...
Oct 20th