It's significant that Signe's boyfriend is an "artist" who literally steals and the Scandavian - International Art Scene not only embraces him but celebrates him. He brags about the wine bottle he has stolen and later on his journalist friend doing a piece on him openly tells him that he is not going to steal. These dirty secrets are always out in the open but noone gives a damn...
If I think about the art scene in general today, which…
Too much male gaze. Production design is good and the play within a circus format is interesting BUT I can't but look at it with my contemporary conditioning. I have seen too much of these innovations to ENJOY the film. The overwhelming MALE GAZE was just unbearable.
Ok so why am I supposed to care about Nora ? I mean she seems to be living her best life. She is in a perfect relationship with a husband who clearly adores her and even seems well adjusted with her family despite the obvious cultural differences. Her career also seems smooth and steadily progressing. She doesn't even miss Korea that much. I mean she has everything. In life I would have been impressed by her. But being impressed by…
Kenji, a Librarian has attempted suicide so many times that now, they are a matter of family inside jokes. His brother teases him the first time they meet in the film. His brother is loud, extroverted and clearly brash; qualities that Kenji doesn't challenge but tolerates. His brother is the brief interruption in his calm life as a librarian and his cleanliness freak routine. But tolerating one's life with or without it's interruptions is one thing and tolerating another's abject…
