I watched his films from the first to the last chronologically, and as for me there was certainly point after 3-Iron, when his films started to feel forced, and everything typical about his work, that used to be attractive become the opposite.
With Pieta and Moebius my favourite director is in healthy shape!
I think after the incident on the set of Breath he took a bit of a downward path, but he never made a "bad" film in my opinion. WIth this one I can definitely say "he's back!" and I am happy as well! There was a scene (I'm sure you know which one I mean) that felt a lot like 3-Iron. Oh and totally remind me to stay away from prisons if I ever make it to Korea, man they look horrible!
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Glad to meet someone, who knows his filmography well :) (i saw you posting all over his films in here :P)
Yes I know which scene you mean, although Iam not that sure I feel good to see him quoting himself, cause he does that so much:D
I felt there is something missing right away with Bow, but Pieta was all different. I love that he again came with some closed small world, which has own rules, not impossible but surreal in context of reality. Beautiful portrait of suffering of people, they work out their lifes with machines, and are killed and hurted by them, that was special, once again :)
About the prisons, I think these are pretty okay :D Consider poorer third world countries! Nightmare *_*
But back to Moebius, do you think it had some exact message?
Thanks! You seem to be quite an expert yourself
You're definitely right there are far worse prisons, but for an "industrialized" country that looks pretty bad (or maybe it's the Swiss high standards I'm used to that make it seem that way).
I liked Bow a lot, but maybe I like the premise more than the actual film.. It makes me cry every time by the end though, so that has to mean I find it touching on some level.
By the way did you notice the gun in Moebius? It's the one from Arirang he made himself, right? Love it!
I don't know if you can ever just find one exact message in his films. Obviously his favorite point he tries to make is that good and evil don't really exist as clear cut as we think. People aren't always only "good" or "bad". I think that's also why he has the same actress playing two very different characters in this film (she's awesome btw).
Other than that I read Moebius as a moral or cautionary tale about infidelity (which is very surface level), but I think he was also trying to say something about spirituality and manhood in "today's day and age" if you will. Like in Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… And Spring he makes a point to show that lust leads to destruction. I think it's a very timely message considering how little people think about spiritual matters these days.
I don't know.. What did you think?
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Looks like i'm late.. It's been a while this has been posted, i've seen the movie yesterday and i exactly felt the same, i'm happy to see he found his way back!
Also happy to see the lead actor from "Bad Guy" (which is definitly my favorite) is still ok with him! Let's hope he'll manage to keep it up.. Forever ;)!