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February 7th, 2008 by
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A little boy lives together with an old Buddhist monk at a floating temple — this may sound very wrong after doing my last post about Capturing the Friedmans, but bear with me, this is something totally different. The old man teaches him the lessons in live. But at a certain point, one has to find out for himself, right? In five episodes we see what happens to the boy when he grows up to be an old man himself. | ||||||||
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I'm sure this won't be the last movie by Kim Ki-Duk proposed on Asian Thursday. He must be one of the most critically acclaimed South-Korean directors. Outside his own country that is. Surprisingly, in his own country he's not popular at all and they'd say 'Kim Ki-Who?'. Well, that's what you might be saying too. But if that's the case, at least consider this pearl of his collection and stick with me.
The latest works of mister Ki-Duk are chuck full of amazing cinematography. And the drifting temple in the middle of this beautiful deserted place is certainly one of them. This perfect display is combined with a profound and touching story about the life of a Buddhist monk. It's one of those stories that keeps you silenced for a couple of hours after watching. One of those that makes you rethink what you are doing. Or what we are doing. I... this will be my last post. I'm going into the forest tonight and live in peace with nature. | ||||||||
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I really liked this movie. It’s got a lot of subtle and intricate things that mesh so well, it’s hard to even tell the difference between the two. And the ending… Wow.
My friend (who never watches Asian movies with me unless they’re wuxia or wire-fu) had to watch this a while back, and as he said, “it makes you feel hopeful when it’s done.”
These people look so sad in the pictures. But I am a fan of good cinematography, perhaps I should give it a go.
Excellent site, by the way.
Hey why don’t you review Stephen CHow latest movies..
CJ7..
I am not a good review but just do a little about his film at my blog
http://boringblogz.blogspot.com/2008/01/stephen-chows-et-movie-cj7.html
Thanks for the tip! I’ll look into him..
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