3-Iron—brief notes on the director
Director: KIM ki-duk
- born 1960, South Korea
- raised as a Christian
- 1990-93 in Paris studying art (sort of)
- from violence to a type of mysticism, but negativity still there
- Making films since 1996, beginning with violent portrayals of alienated young people and youthful rage,
can evoke some very disturbing images:
- The Isle of 1999—fisherman obsessed with a mute prostitute
- 2002: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter … and Spring — serenity, mystical aura
- Making films since 1996, beginning with violent portrayals of alienated young people and youthful rage,
can evoke some very disturbing images:
- Problems at home — criticized at home for Spring, Summer as catering to international audiences presenting Asia as exotic (plays the Buddhist hand hard) even though it is actually subversive of Buddhist values
- So controversial that for a while he said he would not distribute his films in Korea
- Another example of controversy around him: is he misogynist or making allegories of misogynist culture?
- think about the golf ball "hitting" Venus de Milo on screen at the beginning of 3-iron
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