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Put me down in the "must see" column for Memories of Murder. I just reactivated the disc portion of my Netflix membership just so I could get a hold of this and watch it, and I'm not sorry I did. I'd read a description of the final scene, but the way it came across watching it was different and better than what I expected. What a gut punch. One that will haunt you. I do agree that it seems likely this had a significant influence on Zodiac. I don't know if there's a name for cinematography techniques or styles of the new crop of strong S. Korean directors, but the nighttime city scenes in films like The Chaser are really wonderful to look at, so crisp and precise. Next up: Mother and Thirst on the old Netflix streaming queue, with Brotherhood of War and non-dubbed Oldboy to come as discs!
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Why is South Korea, specifically, the Asian country putting out the most interesting and well made cinema right now? What happened to the good Chinese filmmakers from 10-15 years ago, did they just fizzle out or lose government support? What of Japan, seems like you don't hear a lot about Japanese film anymore.
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Mar 30, 2013 21:55
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Snowman_McK posted:It was not a better tomorrow. The main characters looked to be police if that's any help. So it's a cop movie with a massive gunfight. I can't imagine that actually narrows it down that much. Hard Boiled, a Chinese (Hong Kong) movie, fits this description with the main characters being cops, and shootouts at both a dock and a warehouse (big one at the warehouse) and then a really huge one around a hospital at the end.
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May 13, 2014 11:12
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Did Netflix streaming service just get an influx of Korean films it hasn't had before? And Asian films in general? Maybe I haven't been checking enough but it looks like I suddenly see a bunch of new ones.
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Sep 9, 2014 00:39
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Stare-Out posted:Just rewatched Memories of Murder and yup, still an excellent loving movie. Are there any other movies similar to it out there worth a watch? Primarily talking about quality thrillers/crime procedurals here. Zodiac (cough cough).
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Nov 15, 2014 16:33
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So Amazon Prime has a movie, "The Gift". Young guy gets laid off from his job, loses girlfriend shortly after. Starts out playing it straight working menial jobs for poo poo pay and then graduates to increasingly serious crimes. Not bad.
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Yeah that's it. Sorry, it was "Gifted".
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