take 14: 21.11.2012

Phoenix

Kino Anders is back! 

Your advanced movie experience every wednesday.

 Now @ Offbar.

20h
Shorts out the garbage

One hour of strange shorts without taste. 
Featuring an all-monkey cast, an all dog-cast, a racist panda and some swiss John Waters fans.

 


South-Korea 2003, 120min, english subs
Oldeuboi (Oldboy)

An average man is kidnapped and imprisoned in a shabby cell for 15 years without explanation. He then is released, equipped with money, a cellphone and expensive clothes. As he strives to explain his imprisonment and get his revenge, Oh Dae-Su falls in love wit a young woman and soon finds out that his kidnapper has a greater plan for him.


Incredible beautiful and disturbing existentialist MASTERPIECE.
A movie like a poem.

 
Galgenbruders Lied an Sophie, die Henkersmaid

Sophie, mein Henkersmädel,
komm, küsse mir den Schädel!
Zwar ist mein Mund -
ein schwarzer Schlund -
doch du bist gut und edel!

Sophie, mein Henkersmädel,
komm, streichle mir den Schädel!
Zwar ist mein Haupt
des Haars beraubt -
doch du bist gut und edel!

Sophie, mein Henkersmädel,
komm, schau mir in den Schädel!
Die Augen zwar,
sie fraß der Aar -
doch du bist gut und edel!

Christian Morgenstern
 

Won: Grand Prix of the Jury – Park Chan-wook
Won: Maria Award (Best Film)
Won: José Luis Guarner Award (Critics' Best Film)
Bergen International Film Festival 2004[24]
Won: Audience Award
British Independent Film Awards 2004[25]
Won: Best Foreign Independent Film
European Film Awards 2004[26]
Nominated: Screen International Award

And here some ignorant quotes from imdb:

The characters' motives and behaviors are incoherent and unconvincing. Psychological truth and logic are sadly missing. The plot is more full of holes than a gigantic piece of Swiss cheese.There is absolutely nothing that sets this movie apart from many other movies. No great achievements in acting, story, script, music, cinematography. Absolutely none. Yet it receives very high ratings. I really don't understand why. Believe me, nobody deserves what happens to our main character in the end, and I'm very serious; you know how some movies just go under your skin and stay there? Well, I felt goddamn dirty after watching this movie, and I REALLY wish I'd never seen it. It stayed with me for days, and some might ask: well, isn't that the purpose of a good movie? The ability to affect us in such ways? Yes, it can be, but this movie not only made me sick, it made me feel violated. More fun watching sticking your head in a toilet to watch the brown submarines.

Here's a good review:

After going through the comments, i must say i'm impressed how many people out there don't have a slightest clue of beauty or intelligent screenplays. there are so many comments from people that totally disliked the movie. which is plain and simple not possible, if you got an open mind and a open heart (and are not drunk). I would compare it to chocolate. You may find it too sweet and prefer bitter chocolate. or you like white chocolate more. Or you got diabetes and can only sometimes eat one. But people that totally dislike chocolate scare me to death. Same goes for Oldboy, you gotta admit some of the genius art-form it contains. Its everything in there. Its heartwarming , disgusting, intelligent, beautiful and lead with outstanding performance of any actor . You HAVE to like something, cause it wont get much better. Its chocolate. If you disliked the movie so much and on a constant basis, why even bother to write a comment? My guess is you just could not follow the movie at all. which is my only guess actually. well enough rambling.
If you call common sense, and a human heart your own and like "challenging" movies, go and see it NOW.