Beautiful (DVD) (Korea Version) DVD Region 3
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numinair
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March 13, 2009
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March 13, 2009
Looking Through a Mirror Darkly
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If “Beautiful” were only a psychological account of the one disturbed woman here concerning a post sexual abuse incident, this would be a very interesting analytical cine play. But the plot is situated beyond the mind of the unfortunate female protagonist, making for an entirely more cynically disturbing social affair. “Beautiful” focuses on negative male sexual impulses towards the very beautiful Eun Young. All men portrayed are shown as lecherous and helplessly sexualised monsters, that either directly or suggestively wish to abuse Eun Young’s sweet neutral beauty. As soon as they set eyes upon her, they become infatuated, impassioned and maddened towards her (and I thought only Tomie could do that). Men are no doubt viewed upon here as unstable creatures. This film even closes with an emphasis of sexualised male perversion by the attitude of two hospital workers. ‘Beautiful’ is certainly an ironic word here. The brunt of this film though is of Eun Young’s sexual abuse by a one male suitor. An abuse where the man realizing his misconduct gives himself up to the police, with his own photographic evidence to account for his wrongful and shameful act. But although he atones for his sin, he also blames Eun Young for ‘luring’ him into forced sex by the nature of her beauty. Eun Young then slips into a maddening obsessiveness of changing herself by binge eating and vomiting herself into an anorexic stupor; believing that her beauty is cursed. She is befriended by a police officer who only wishes to help her, but he too eventually succumbs to sexual passion by Eun Young’s beauty. “Beautiful” is well showcased, but mostly exaggerated. It’s accurate in part, but too cynically focused concerning irregular sexual misconduct. Not all males are maddeningly perverted like this and not all beauty suffers thus. Eun Young’s situations are a marginal and not universal description. Its certainly well directed by Juhn Jae-hong and actress Soo Yeon Cha really acts her heart out here! But this definitely requires an open mind to what is being said before empathizing too rashly, as “Beautiful” thrusts the viewer into an overdrive of an indignantly focused plot. You don't get much leeway for positive male consideration. Shame, because it’s a really good film. |
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