*"What is money?
Money? The beginning and end of all things.
Love, honor, violence, fury,
hatred, jealousy,
revenge,
death."*
i haven't watched a single korean movie since august so i had to do something about it, i'm so happy i chose another one by Kim Ki-Duk—third movie i've watched by him and i'm still completely in awe.
although it isn't as brilliant as
“Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring” and
“3-Iron”, this movie deserves praises for its shock factor, which reminded me a lot of *“Oldboy”.
*i really enjoyed the camera work being very documentary-like with the dramatic zoom-ins, i feel like it gives the movie a realistic vibe, which makes it more effective to the viewer to feel disgusted by what he did.
the scene where they're all lying inside the hole he just digged while he's wearing the close-knit handmade sweater is exceptional.
to end this review, i have to say that i love the meticulous choice behind the name of the movie—Pietà. in italian, it means pity, i think that is the true highlight of this movie: Kangdo didn't feel any pity until the same thing he's done to many families happens to him, and Misun, which although in the middle of the purest revenge, she feels pity for the one that pushed her own child to kill himself.
that is incredibly human, unlike most revenge movies.
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Kim Ki-Duk ranked
