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...
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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...