3-iron

not the golf club but the 2004 movie directed by kim ki duk.

in short, what a beautiful movie it was. the plot was interesting but certainly not the most compelling element here.

what so intrigued me was the utter lack of dialogue. the two main characters never say a word to each other and yet are able to perfectly express their feelings. the key feeling here is that of love.

i’ve never seen a silent movie in my life but this one would have to come close. i guess, for me, this movie shows that you do not need to have lots of words to have such an impelling story. you don’t even need the subtitles for the maybe 10 lines or so of dialogue (which in my opinion is mostly peripheral anyways).
and i’d be lying if i said that the visuals weren’t also so lush and evocative.

i haven’t seen kim’s other well-known work, spring, summer, fall, winter… and spring although i’ve heard that it’s also fantastic. i keep on meaning to see it but always forget about it.

~ by juliamie on June 6, 2007.