Stars: Chun Woo-hee, In-seon Jeong, So-Young Kim, Yeong-ran Lee | Written and Directed by Lee Su-jin
When watching movies we tend to expect them to explain things to us, almost in the assumption that we should be comfortable in knowing exactly where the film is going and what it wants from us as the audience. Some films have the confidence to not work this way though, they ease us in to a situation where the unknown creates an element of suspense, until the inevitable sledge-hammer of emotions finally hits. This is the case with Korean movie Han Gong-Ju.
The best way to watch the film is to go in cold, knowing as little as possible as to what is to come. This is how we are introduced to Han Gong-Ju (Chun Woo-hee). We don’t know anything about her or her past, all we know is that her teacher is taking...
When watching movies we tend to expect them to explain things to us, almost in the assumption that we should be comfortable in knowing exactly where the film is going and what it wants from us as the audience. Some films have the confidence to not work this way though, they ease us in to a situation where the unknown creates an element of suspense, until the inevitable sledge-hammer of emotions finally hits. This is the case with Korean movie Han Gong-Ju.
The best way to watch the film is to go in cold, knowing as little as possible as to what is to come. This is how we are introduced to Han Gong-Ju (Chun Woo-hee). We don’t know anything about her or her past, all we know is that her teacher is taking...
- 4/30/2015
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
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