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Many Chinese and East Asian films are very successful due to their fantastic creativity and innovation. Here are a selection that deserve your attention. This article was also featured in Chinatown - The Magazine. Rawle Austin presents... Save the Green Planet
Running parallel to this is the study of one man’s mental breakdown and the factors leading up to it. Byung-Gu’s actions are grotesquely comedic in places and torturingly macabre in others. His casual use of violence in order to achieve his aims is visually disturbing. The director, Jang Jun-Hwan tries to balance the film’s dark overtones with surreal moments. The most powerful of which is the allusion to the Wizard of Oz movie, with a haunting rendition of a classic song from that old film that will stay in your head for some time afterwards. He also inserts snippets of comedy in the most unexpected places, toying with our emotions while at the same time leading us through his shocking cinematic creation to its conclusion. Jang Jun-Hwan examines modern society through a fractured lens and asks uncomfortable questions with less than obvious answers.
Director Jang Jun-Hwan plays with our senses all the way through. With a good sense of pacing he adds an ending that is most unexpected to say the least. Is this a science fiction/superhero movie or the sad delusions of a broken man? You’ll have to watch it to find out! Running time: 116mins, Certificate: 18
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Check out Dianying.com for an extensive database of Chinese films.
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