Monday, March 1, 2010

Memories of Murder - Bong Joon-ho (2003)

'Fleshy' movie full of vomit, piss, blood and every other bodily fluid. Offputting combo of graphic serial murder investigation and humor, not so much comedic relief as a way to assimilate violence into a life. Set in the historical context of Korea in the 1980s, we see references of democracy protests and industrialization of the country. Many Hitchcockian parallels in both the film and the creative process of Bong.

Screened at the Harvard Film Archive with the director in attendance

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