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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsShIXZrJvA In a brief period of relaxed censorship around 1960 in South Korea, this noirish domestic horror movie went buck wild with sensationalism. Heaving bosoms, torn bodices, scandal and murder! Even before the government became a democracy in the 80’s and led to the new wave of cutting edge cinema in Korea, this movie stands as evidence that there was a well of artists struggling to come out from under the thumb of censorship in the 60’s Considered one of the top three films in South Korean history, it was remade in 2010 and also namedropped by Bong Joonho as one of the inspirations for Parasite Criterion recently released it in a double feature with Trances on Blu-ray  You can also rent it on Criterion channel, Apple, or Alamo for $4 Or you can watch it for free on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J_HTZFC32s The visual language of this film is something to pay extra attention to Bonus round: The Korean Film Archive has put 110 other classic Korean movies from the 30’s to 80’s on YouTube if you wanna go exploring: https://m.youtube.com/@KoreanFilm Steve Yun fucked around with this message at 12:08 on Apr 5, 2023 |
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I liked the bit at the end where the husband has a big old laugh at the camera and says 'it could happen to youuuu' like a Twilight Zone narrator.
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Apr 7, 2023 09:25
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a lovely king posted:I liked the bit at the end where the husband has a big old laugh at the camera and says 'it could happen to youuuu' like a Twilight Zone narrator. A new censorship board was established months before this movie came out. I have nothing to base this on, but I suppose maybe it got grandfathered and the it was all a dream bit at the end was a concession to be able to premiere
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Apr 7, 2023 09:49
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That Youtube channel is a treasure. I have to start working my way through those - in the past decade or so, the amount of vintage Korean, USSR and Indian films being available online has exploded.
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Apr 21, 2023 15:40
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Finally sat down to watch this and it was well worth my time. Very neat movie. I loved the shots of the camera on the balcony moving between the maids room and the piano room.
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