I confess that I love the Japanese aesthetic. It’s my favorite design philosophy, in architecture, in the way gardens and spaces are arranged, in the visual impact of two-dimensional images. I spent part of yesterday taking way too many pictures. I don’t normally take a lot of pictures, but I kept trying to capture “postcard” images. I’m not sure how I did, but some of the pictures below seem like I did not-too-badly.
Day: March 31, 2010
Caveat: 빈집
I saw the most remarkable movie last night. It is a Korean movie from 2004, entitled 빈집 (bin-jip = empty house). The “official” English title is 3-Iron (a golf reference) which is both unimaginative, and utterly fails to capture the primary symbolism embedded in the Korean Language title vis-a-vis the movie itself.
I found it on my hard drive last night. I must have downloaded it at some point, and totally forgotten about it. I`m glad to have found it again.
I think it will be my new favorite Korean movie, although the fact that it`s Korean is not really relevant to the plot, which is more universal, and the almost utter absence of dialog (and the relative irrelevance of what little dialog there is ) means that even if you don`t have subtitles, you will understand and enjoy this movie. It`s pure moving image, with nevertheless deep and interesting characters and a complex plot. It`s what movies can and should be.
Anyway, I`ll let others summarize the plot and provide a formal review. But this was a great movie.