Monday, August 31, 2009

Movies

Time [Shi gan] - 2006 Written and directed by Kim Ki-duk. An uncontrollably jealous woman leaves her boyfriend, has cosmetic surgery and reappears in his life only to find she is competing with her former self - and that's only the first half of it. Then it gets complicated. I have only seen a half dozen Korean movies and they have all been very well made and very twisted. I'm sure there must be banal and vapid Korean movies which are never made available to American viewers, and I am trying not to be afraid of Koreans. Not a feel-good movie but very interesting. 8/10