Creating a lifetime of anger and insults on and off the screen, Korean master Kim Ki-duk has left the world with this latest film completed by his friends after his death. The story of a passionate relationship that almost instantly turns into jealousy and hatred, but ends with lyrical enthusiasm, is a surprisingly fitting epitaph for a thug.
God’s call It was shot in 2019 in Kyrgyzstan, Estonia and Latvia. Kim died of complications from Covid at the age of 59 in late 2020; The film was composed by Estonian producer Arthur Weber. Sexual manipulation, intense violence, spiritual longing and the soothing beauty of the natural world – all hallmarks of his work since its debut. Crocodile In 1996, here they are. It’s a small movie, but like everything else he does, this one is uniquely his.
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A man (Abvlai Maratov) and a girl (Jhanel Sergazina) meet at a crossroads. Who beats creamy black and white. Its characters are geometrically framed by an avenue of trees leading back to the park, and the camera is placed in front of them. The man asks how to get to Dream Café nearby. He is casually flirting with a girl when a young man picks up his bag after a chase and a fight. Then he orders dinner. On the surface, the entire scene that sets the tone for the upcoming movie is the recognizably French New Wave wave. Even Sergazina’s dress with a short white nightgown could be taken off. Cherbourg Umbrella wardrobe.
This borrowed thoughtlessness makes what follows all the more strange. After their first date, a girl picks up the phone at midnight and hears a mysterious voice telling her she’s dreaming of meeting a man who asks her how to get to a cafe. She admits this is true, she. If you want to know what happens next, it should be the sound, or maybe the sound, she says you need to go back to sleep. But you may want to stay awake because whatever happens in your dreams will happen in real life. He chooses to dream.
One day, he and The Man have hot sex in his car. She later realizes that she is already in relationships with other women, including the owner of Dream Café, and is consumed with bad jealousy. She forbids him from talking to another woman, telling her to be alone, then insists he’ll move in with her to get her to abide by his rules.
biting the nail for a few minutes, call on god It turns into a horror movie in which The Man is the unfortunate victim. Then the need for control increases again. Thus, a descent into frantic madness that is often disturbing but strangely endearing follows, before moving on to another dream that may or may not fulfill the promise of the title. Director Kim’s god is thought-provokingly hidden in the details (flower petals, shimmering snow on the surrounding mountains), but otherwise elusive. And the devil is everywhere.
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Kim has long been criticized in Korea for portraying women as brash, strident, and frequent knockers. In particular, she enjoyed graphic sex scenes that were sometimes ridiculously staged, heavily slandering the house, and helping her movies rarely fail at the local box office. However, they have won numerous awards at international film festivals, where their frenzied energy and iconoclasm have earned them a loyal following.
In 2017, the general disapproval of the Korean bad boy intensified when he and one of his co-stars were accused of rape by an unidentified actor. Other accusations followed, detailed in a 2018 television report, that tarnished his reputation forever. As a result, he worked alone internationally for several years. God’s call It was shot in Russian with Kyrgyz actors, and the next film was planned to be shot in Latvia. Unions and women’s organizations in Korea are strongly opposed to having her latest film take place in Venice. Art director Alberto Barbera answered questions from the press that “the distinction between man and artist is inevitable”. It’s a debate that can go on forever, it’s not going to happen. God’s call.
Kim Ki-duk has always made movies that are crude, sometimes with transcendent consequences. God’s call There are definitely moments of transcendence: The dimmed light passing through the trees on the windshield of the man’s car overshadows their stereotypical debate about whether or not they should have sex, it’s an inspiring image. Like a couple hugging at their ex’s new grave, they have some taboo-breaking quirks that are as offensive as fans would like them to be. But that’s not enough: for Kim Ki-duk complements. It’s not necessarily just a groan, but the big culprit is passing by with very little noise.
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