tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222475879097604897.post3879596807268256932..comments2023-10-31T10:21:00.796-04:00Comments on Thanks for the Use of the Hall: Jayuui Eondeok (Hill of Freedom), after two viewingsDan Sallitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13136066978329749513noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222475879097604897.post-90141784208144193052015-11-17T14:49:52.812-05:002015-11-17T14:49:52.812-05:00My feeling is that all this stuff is really a form...My feeling is that all this stuff is really a form of humor, in that it has vague portent but isn't really where the film is heading. Even the mixed-up letter pages qualify for me as a kind of surrealist joke, almost like Bunuel's fake cause-and-effect intertitles in <b>Un Chien Andalou</b>. I'd say the film evokes a sort of existential chaos that goes beyond dream or waking, and even beyond the effects of time.Dan Sallitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13136066978329749513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222475879097604897.post-32594096115215371332015-11-16T14:40:36.842-05:002015-11-16T14:40:36.842-05:00I asked you about this via Twitter, but I thought ...I asked you about this via Twitter, but I thought I'd come here and expand a little bit on certain thoughts.<br /><br />I'm not sure how exactly I feel about the book on time and Mori's description of its meaning. One might claim this stuff--along with the the name of the dog, Dream--feels too literal, too obviously Theme. Does it do more than underline the almost imprisoning effect displaced time--prompted by the mixed-up letters--has on Mori and the people who come in and out of his life? I'm still figuring out what to get out all of the dream stuff. Dreaming and sleeping are recurring things in Hong, so this is a bit of an intertextual thing as well. Anyways, I'd like to know what any of you think of these devices in HILL OF FREEDOM. <br /><br />Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222475879097604897.post-69409051852946247122014-10-14T16:11:52.785-04:002014-10-14T16:11:52.785-04:00Yes, I think no one's picked up on this, at le...Yes, I think no one's picked up on this, at least not in any of the reviews I have seen. I noticed it during the screening, I checked screenshots later and one of the film clips that's available shows it clearly too.<br /><br />Here's one of the screenshots with the<a rel="nofollow">ring</a>.aluahttp://alualuna.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222475879097604897.post-49989681667365256792014-10-11T17:27:53.276-04:002014-10-11T17:27:53.276-04:00I didn't even notice that! Maybe she married t...I didn't even notice that! Maybe she married that doctor/preacher! In any case, the happy-ever-after is certainly not supported by all data in the film. One might say that Hong has found a new way to insert his "alternate realities" into a movie, by having the story pull apart into strands that have some overlap and some contradiction.Dan Sallitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13136066978329749513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222475879097604897.post-53446694095478891942014-10-11T13:58:55.040-04:002014-10-11T13:58:55.040-04:00The biggest question I currently have is why Kwon ...The biggest question I currently have is why Kwon is wearing a wedding ring throughout the entire film. It raises all kinds of questions, especially about the supposed happy-ever-after with Mori.aluahttp://alualuna.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com