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  • Secret Sunshine screening

    2008-01-07 1:31PM / 標準BLOG / 會員可以看
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        Finally saw Lee Chang-Dong's "Secret Sunshine" last night at the LA County Museum.  I'd heard so much about the movie since it was at Cannes last year, and also because my friend Hanna Lee was the producer. Lee is one of my favorite Korean directors. His emphasis on ordinary people in both ordinary and extraordinary situations is one of his biggest strengths. Anyway, I was really blown away by Jeon Do Yeon's performance.  She IS the  movie. So much subtlety on her face.  If you've seen the movie, the moment where she has her big confrontation is incredible -- I got chills!  It's such a subtle performance but  you can feel the betrayal she must feel in your gut.  It was exhilarating.  I love movies like this because it reaffirms my belief that the most important action taking place on screen is often internal.   I'll take this over a crazy action sequence, blood or guts any day (although there are instances where I will take that too -- No Country for Old Men, anyone?)

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  • kenjilui
    藝術家空間 
    留言於2008-01-10 4:17PM [举报]
    just saw the movie, and i totally agree with this "She IS the  movie"... jeon do yeon is definitely magnificent, she is always one of my favorite korean actresses..sung kang ho is great as well.. lee's movie is always about the suffering of ordinary people and that's what makes the emotions real...
  • gracelee
    藝術家空間 
    留言於2008-01-10 12:25PM
    I love Sung Kang Ho as well. He's such a naturally gifted performer and has a lightness to him that I love.  
    I think the Christianity issue in Korea is still pretty relevant (remember those missionaries in Afghanistan?) but I know what you mean about Korean Americans.  But when will Secret Sunshine get distribution in the U.S outside the museum/art house circuit, if even that? It's a Korean film without a lot of violence, horror or sex.  Cinephiles will seek it out (as they did the other night at LACMA) but could it find an audience beyond that?  I forget -- did Oasis get distribution in the U.S.?
  • michaelkang
    藝術家空間 
    留言於2008-01-09 4:56AM [举报]
    This was my favorite film of 2007. I love Jeon Do Yeon too, but I really think the overlooked performance was Sung Kang Ho. He does an amazing job with such a hard task. He had to make an intellectual idea into a fully realized human being. He is by far my favorite Korean actor. I think this is actually an important film for more Korean Americans to see. I feel like the Christianity issue in Korea is a bit irrelevant now but is so pervasive in KA life.
  • Etchy
     
    留言於2008-01-07 2:04PM [举报]
    wow cool. i want to check it out if i get a chance.  i saw her at the HK film awards.

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