The movie is a bit too direct with the message for any real engagement, but it is interesting nonetheless to see a Korean feminist film and think about the different contexts in which it was screened. The decision to adopt a whimsical tone through the "Coffee Copy Girl" song to offset its serious topic is perhaps a result of these contexts in mind. A rare opportunity to reflect on how the purpose of a film can shape both its aesthetics and its materiality.
‘줍다’에 대한 성찰이 ‘버림’이라는 개념으로 이어지면서 간과된 두 행동의 보편성과 중요성을 되새기게 한다. 역사적인 이미지서부터 시작해 동시대의 사회적인 문제로 자연스럽게 잇는 감독의 통찰력은 바르다가 왜 대가로 추앙받는지 다시 깨닫게 해준다. 그리고 영화의 때때로 엉뚱한 촬영은 다큐멘터리의 주관성을 부각해 객관적인 정보에 매달리지 말고 감독의 순수한 호기심을 같이 따라오라고 초대하는 듯하다. 그 동심으로 인한 관찰은 무엇보다 호소력이 있다.
More than a musical, docudrama, and comedy, Nashville presents a world that feels more real than reality itself. Most movies unavoidably exude a veneer of fiction, but Altman overcomes this limitation with the film's narrative structure that follows a surprising number of major characters in its runtime—thus showing not the characters per se, but their world. Altman's genius lies in the fact that even after transporting the viewers into the movie and navigating them through the lives of its countless…
Bi Gan’s film is essentially a worship of cinema itself: from the very beginning of the movie to its conclusion, cinema is put on the pedestal as practically every aspect of film language since its conception is used to dizzying effect. There’s a real mastery here in technique, and one can feel that the decision to use such a variety of cinematic techniques is not just out of whim but from the real love of them, with the result being,…
