tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428876075055771803.post798501980244714067..comments2023-10-06T21:47:37.857+11:00Comments on The KOFFIA Blog: Review: Nowhere to Hide / 인정사정 볼 것 없다 (1999)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577435552125780797noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428876075055771803.post-80048284319134458912013-05-22T21:10:43.901+10:002013-05-22T21:10:43.901+10:00Ah...interesting. Hi, Paul!
By the way...I did n...Ah...interesting. Hi, Paul! <br /><br />By the way...I did not know that you wrote about Nowhere to hide here. I feel funny that I arranged movie night for M without knowing it. What a co-incidence. Right... Nowhere to hide was a visual feast..<br /><br />However this movie was loved locally more because the characters were warm, interesting but convincing for Korean audience on top of visual experiment of Lee. For example, Joon-hoon looked more criminal than criminals ( and turned out to be a police) but kinda sweet with his own sister, Dong-gun, who used to be just a good looking prince charming, became a actor with character through this movie, Seong-gi who was known as " National actor or national good guy" became a killer(!!!) but looked most sophisticated and nicest than anyone in the movie.....theses characters were all beyond typical movie characters in Korean cinema back then but people just loved it.<br /><br />Yes, in deed...you need to be open minded with Myung-Se's movie. He is a bit beyond something especially, he really stretched himself in Duelist and M in terms of dialogues. Some of his dialogue really became sound effects rather than carrying the message. However if you listen to them as sound effects, it is kinda enjoyable. <br /><br />And...about Duelist, Western audience does not know the influence of Korean Cartoon ,다모(Damo is a kind of slave belongs to public office during Cho-sun dynasty)and TV drama Damo.Did you? If you watch Dualist in the light of 다모,it helps to understand what Myung-se LEE is trying to say a bit more. But still, Duelist is one of the biggest failure of Myung-se. No doubt about that..even to me. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07088993757699538636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428876075055771803.post-7911002764976702202013-04-03T21:49:38.365+11:002013-04-03T21:49:38.365+11:00Hey Bob, thanks for the praise!
All of Myeong-se&...Hey Bob, thanks for the praise!<br /><br />All of Myeong-se's work tends to divide people, even during the screening of the movie last week several people actually walked out before it finished.<br /><br />I think it's in part because they are difficult to market, yes 'Nowhere to Hide' in terms of plot is a cop thriller, however the story serves more as a framework to try out all of his cinematic trickery and visual flourishes.<br /><br />To somebody expecting a hard boiled crime pic, the confusion is understandable when they suddenly find themselves watching a silhouetted fight scene set to music to look like a demented dance routine. But at the same time, it's these very scenes that give 'Nowhere to Hide' its charm...it's just not a charm which is easy to set expectations for when marketing a movie.Paul Bramhallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01496641836589534952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428876075055771803.post-8472439606314561602013-04-03T01:17:40.251+11:002013-04-03T01:17:40.251+11:00Excellent as usual Paul. This film absolutely thri...Excellent as usual Paul. This film absolutely thrilled me when I first saw it. I have since watched it many more times as I share it with friends, and it is still always a thrill. To me the assassination scene is a mini masterpiece, with the shouldn't-work, but totally does Bee Gees accompaniment. The film also instantly made Ahn Seong-gi one of my favorite actors. <br /><br />And we're certainly not alone in our admiration either. This Korean film has reached people far and wide. I'll never forget the day I walked into a little suburban deli, and the guy working the counter asked me about the OLD BOY shirt I was wearing. We struck up a conversation about Asian cinema and the first thing he asked was- not about Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, or Jet Li, but "Did you ever see that tripped out joint with the dude wearing the floppy hat, where they have the mad brawl in the rain?" I instantly knew he meant NOWHERE TO HIDE. We started talking up the film, and the next thing you know two other workers and a truck driver customer were all asking "What's this film called? Where can we see it?" I love it, and I hope they all watched it and loved it too.<br /><br />When I took my only trip to the Toronto Film Festival (thus far), the first film we saw was Myeong-se’s DUELISTS. Not only was I getting to see a new film from the guy that made NOWHERE TO HIDE, but I would be seeing it in 35mm, and the director was there! He introduced the film, and I was... ugh, absolutely disappointed to the max. I didn't enjoy the film at all. And even though I felt really rude (I bowed politely to show my respect as I backed quietly out of the theater) I decided I'd much rather catch a film (any film) in a different theater than hear the director's Q&A about a film I kind of hated. So I feel you on this one too. Ha haha.<br /><br />Looks like based on your recommendation I'm going to be seeking out his film M. <br /><br />Thanks for another great article. :)<br /><br />- Kung Fu BobKung Fu Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01038855477008935649noreply@blogger.com