Friday, January 29, 2016

203. The isle (2000)


Country: South Korea
Directed by Kim Ki-duk

The film that made Kim Ki-duk famous 15 years ago it didn't just get attention because of its provocative and often gruesome content. It was a surprisingly genuine, intense and powerful movie that oversadowed anything else it was screened in movie theaters and festivals that period, a breeze of cold fresh air that comes suddently to your face wild and painful. Every detail on the film is masterfully done, from the astonishing visuals, to the music score, from the use of silence to the performances of the actors. Probably the most interesting movie ever made about passioned sexual relationships (or maybe for any kind of love relationship?) depicting their brutal possessive addictive nature, but also dealing with the weird happiness that only this sort of obsession can give to the fortunate




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