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Ursulino

20Jan12

"Spring, summer..." worked. The others (I saw) are unbearable...

skiptracer

16May12

what others have you seen? he has made some utterly amazing films.

too few people have seen Crocodile, sadly. it's such a crucial reference to his cinematic themes. & that underwater sequence at the end is a gorgeous watercolour painting w/ film, of love & redemption (w/out pushing it).

Tyler Aikens

6Oct11

Kim ki-duk: The prince of Hit-or-miss

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Narda

24Jun10

what about CROCODILE? the best kim ki duk for me

John

17Jun10

Crocodile needs to be added to the filmography so I can give it a 5 out of 5.

LAUGHTODEATH

5Jun10

where are crocodile, wild animals, and bluegate a.k.a birdcage inn?

Espreso

23May10

Oh my god, where is the "Crocodile" movie link, the first masterpiece of the director "Kim Ki-duk" is this movie. If you are the fan of master so You must see this movie as well.

La_Maga

19May10

I love 3-Iron. I really like Samaria and Spring, Sumer, Fall, Winter... and Spring. I hated The Isle, I hated Bad Guy... I have to watch The Bow and Time next.

Musidora

21Mar10

I love The Isle, The Bow and Samaria but I'm not really interested in most of his other movies. Spring Summer had some beautiful moments but mostly obvious. 3-Iron was painfully facile. At least he tackles many things in current Korean culture/society... though I would argue that a lot of Korean directors are doing this incredible blind brashlness. I think he is much much much much much more suited to making films in hermetic/reclusive settings.

Burcu Tatlises

6Mar10

what about Time (Shi-Gan)?

hafilova

28Feb10

love Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring, its a meditation movie for me

Bill Mousoulis

19Oct09

Blue K is in line with Tony Rayns' provocative attack on Kim in Film Comment a few years back. I agree to an extent. The early films aren't that great, but The Isle and Bad Guy are excellent, and I also really like Samaritan Girl. I've only see Time (about the plastic surgery) of the recent films, and it's really stupid and what? ... B-grade schmaltz even ... ? I don't hold much hope for him.

Overcast

10Sep09

I agree, Dramacidal. I've only seen Time so far. I would like to see the others as well.

Christopher

21Jul09

Not really sure how you could not atleast like Bin-jip (3-Iron) or Samaria (Samaritan Girl). They are both excellent films.

Blue K, Custodian of the Cinema

11Jun09

This guy sucks ass for the most part. He caters to the unknowing Western audience's "orientalist" fetish. He has virtually zero following in Korea, not even among those who appreciate art films. But he is very clever at manipulating and duping the Western audience into thinking that his films are somehow profound. And he does have an exquisite painter's eye. His "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring" is one fraud of a film. It is a complete and shameless ripoff of the vastly superior Korean film "Why Has the Bodhi Dharma Left for the East?" I will say that he is a first-rate provocateur. But he is most definitely not a first-rate filmmaker. He has made a couple of good films though, which in my opinion are "Bad Guy" and "The Isle."