And if you loved these – go find yourself some more!
Its an entire countrys film industry, dontcha know!
But, like, in a good way!Burningis an incisive, exacting, patiently-paced psychological thriller.
You just might need a glass of ginger ale after watching this powerfully discombobulating film.
These types of films (i.e.
Parks villainous men, especially the ink-tonguedCho Jin-woong, also tackle their roles with shocking relish.
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I like to pitch Bong to friends who havent heard of him as Spielberg going for the jugular.
And Bong is Bong in part because ofThe Host, his 2006 take on the sub-genre.
How else can I put it?
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Its a film of texture, of feeling, of experience.
And things escalate… quickly.
Kims work deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as canonical psychological thrillers likePsychoorDiabolique.
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