17 mar 07 00.01
my first posting. jeez.
been wanting to write to myself for years. finally doing it.
just watched jsa in finas. joint security area, a film by chan woon park.
lee young ae...major sophie, the only woman in the movie actually spoilt the film. bad choice ..too young, too pretty n her english? hmm! the accent was totally wrong. n she's supposed to have been swiss? big mistake.
leaving her out...the movie was a perfect one.
loved lee byung hun (sgt lee) n song kang ho (sgt oh keong).
dint understand the film in the first few mins... but it slowly unfolds n beautifully so. a film abt frendship n humanity, n the irony of soldiers being pushed into ideological wars they themselves do not understand.
loved the beginning as much as the end.
while watching it, wondered if it wud end well. hate films with bad endings...this one ended so perfectly...the whole mystery of how their frendship began was revealed at the very end.
excellent direction, the dmz (demilitarized zone) separating the north n the south has a wooden bridge linking them.
the story:
young ae investigates the murder of 2 north korean soldiers. byung hun from the south gives a totally different version from kang ho in the north.
in actuality...they r frends. the movie is abt their frendship, how they started it n how they saved each others' lives only to end up committing suicide.
one wonders of the waste of war n the sickening notion of there being honour in dying for a cause!!
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3 comments:
Nice review, Perc. Wish I had access to more Korean cinema. The only one I have watched in recent times is "Oldboy" which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Wars are not ours to pick, as they are chosen for us by those who will never have to sully their hands in the blood of whom may have been someone else's son, or father, or husband. The soldier has no choice, as this oath he has taken, to go where others may choose not to, to fight a cause not his own,to kill and maim even if his beliefs are for the preservation of peace, as his job is to do what others can wash their hands of in all self-righteousness. In truth all soldiers are friends, as they share the bond of dying bereft of the sacredity for life or the dignity of their own humanity. He is here to give his life not of his own accord, but so that his beloved, his daughters and sons, his friends may be spared facing the very horrors he has undertaken in their stead. The honour of dying in war is naught for all to comprehend, but what may be incomprehensible does not rob the cause of its honour, for the soldier knows he may die for a land not his, in a field not of his motherland. Even in this country, lives have been given for you, that you may sow and reap, to rejoice, weep, love and bear your children without doubt that someone will stand up for you should darkness sweep over your gates.
wow. thank u for ur comment. food for thought :-)
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