Kim Ki-deok's films, similar to Hu Qian's novels who have committed suicide, are all about hurt, and they all put forward a philosophical proposition that how long you live is how long you will be hurt.
In Hu Qian's novels, there are suicide, adultery, depression and helplessness, bloodshed, depravity and decadence. These elements are all found in Kim Ki-duk's films, one speaks with words and the other with pictures.
Zhang Wu's mother was injured by a black American soldier.
Zhang Wu was hurt by the eyes of the surrounding villagers.
Yinyu was hurt by his brother, by a hooligan, by an American soldier.
Zhixin was hurt by her own cowardice and poverty.
American GIs were hurt by their own country.
The United States used power to bully others, and under the guise of "the world's police," invaded other countries to gain profits, and exiled war-weary soldiers overseas, causing shock and damage to their hearts. color stimulation.
Without money you can drive people crazy, but with money you can do whatever you want. The wealthy American soldier drove a car with Yinyu to treat her eyes, and Zhixin could only watch her being taken away. The price of silver jade is one's own chastity.
After the war, the black American soldier ran away alone and ignored Zhang Wu's mother. Yinyu was blinded in the right eye by her brother with a toy gun, and then raped by a hooligan. In exchange for eye treatment, she became a tool for American soldiers to vent their desires.
Zhixin is bullied and blackmailed by hooligans. Finally, despairing of life, launched a crazy revenge.
The resistance after oppression is amazing. Zhang Wu finally couldn't stand the butcher and his mother, and was tired of life. So he killed the butcher by killing a dog, and cut off his mother's breast representing desire. Then he drove his motorcycle like crazy into a wilderness.
Death is the only way to stop being hurt.
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