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Kim Ki-duk

Kim Ki-duk is one director whom I have suddenly become a huge fan of. The reason is simple, his characters don't talk too much. I have only seen four of his films however.
The last two of them happened to have made me admire the craft and art of the filmmaker in Kim Ki-duk while the first two where not quite the sort I enjoyed. The first film that I saw from the maker was called Address Unknown and I remember very little of it now except for some brutally bloody scenes which are more or less nightmares for me now. Then I happened to have seen a brilliantly set film that happens just around a single location. It was The Isle. The female character of the film was a mute girl and so was the film mute for more than three fourth of the time. What I disliked about Isle was also certain scenes of extreme violence which was very hard for me to watch on screen.
It was 3-Iron that surprised me completely of how beautifully characters could be handled in the film with very little talking. 3-Iron was nothing but brilliance. It was 100 minutes of pure art. One of my favourite movies of all time.
And this was definitely not the only masterpiece from Kim Ki-duk as he made one before this itself. That was Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ...and Spring. A unique film set in an exotic lake around nature with Kim Ki-duk trademark of less speaking characters.  Spring, Summer... talks about the life of a Buddhist Monk and there is a fantasy element to the nature of the whole film.

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