I would say a slight improvement over green fish, its use of the backwards in time structure and very (!) great motif with trains are beautiful to see working. while not versed in the political and economic upheavals of the South Korean nation in the slightest, I think that Lee does a very great job in allowing for it to be understandable on at least a simple level to get across the inner emotions and turmoil-in-reverse of Young-Ho per individual…
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Green Fish 1997
Chang-dong Lee’s debut sounds very standard, especially in terms of his whole entire work. it focuses on a character who seemingly isn’t an inherently complex person, either in an ambiguous type or as a oft-neglected member of our societies, which is always one of Lee’s trademarks in his films and also what makes his work so unique (imo). however, even in the gangster genre trappings of his story, he still manages to pack in quite a lot of interesting qualities…
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Moving 1993
More people need to see this. This is one of the richest, most profound films about divorce and self-recovery that I've ever seen. The decision to focus on Ren, instead of Setsuko and the parents leads us on a more important and personal journey that shows in deep detail on how the separation of parents affect the kid. Probably my favorite child performance ever. Also, the score and cinematography are really well put, artistically, especially the latter during all the…
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Raging Bull 1980
Pretty amazing filmmaking going on here. At this point, you can use any Scorsese film as a display of how to make a movie, even my less favorite of his are somewhat good because of him (AHEM, Gangs of New York) and this is a prime example, up there with Taxi Driver and Goodfellas.
The editing is pretty stellar and this is probably one of the best edited films I’ve ever watched, the impact that they made while I was…
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