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How long is the road directors walk before reaching their goal? For Bae Chang Ho, that road has been full of up and downs. Dominating the box office and receiving wild praise for most of the early and mid 80s with masterpieces like Whale Hunting and Deep Blue Night, the director turned a little more introspective and focused on humanism as time went by. After starring in Lee Myung Se's stunning Gagman in 1988, Bae slowly turned away from the trends of an ever changing industry to focus more on personal stories. After the flop of 2001's Last Witness, an awkward mix of 90s aesthetics with 80s storytelling, Bae took his time to reflect on what went wrong, and The Road is the fruit of that time spent thinking about life and its many crossroads.
Receiving acclaim at many film festivals, The Road tells the story of Tae Seok (Bae Chang Ho), a blacksmith who meets a young woman on his way back from Seoul, reminding him of his wife and the betrayal he suffered thanks to his best friend. Spending some time with the woman, he finally finds the courage to go back where that road started many years earlier, the road which could lead him somewhere else once again. Made for a mere 500 million won, The Road is a return to top form for Bae, reminding of that air of life which made his 80s films so moving and interesting.
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| Product Title: | The Road (VCD) (Korea Version) The Road (VCD) (韓國版) The Road (韩国版) 道 (VCD) （韓国版） 길 (VCD) |
| Artist Name(s): | Bae Chang Ho 裴昶浩 裴昶浩 ペ・チャンホ 배창호 |
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| Release Date: | 2007-03-19 |
| Language: | Korean |
| Subtitles: | English |
| Country of Origin: | South Korea |
| Disc Format(s): | VCD |
| Publisher: | Daekyung DVD |
| Package Weight: | 100 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1004693036 |
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가장 보편적인 정서_ 사랑, 용서에 대한 영화
그리고‘이 땅에 사라져가는 것들을 위하여’
장터가 아직 우리 삶에서 풍요로웠던 70년대 중반, 태석은 이십년 넘게 무거운 모루를 지고 각지의 장터를 떠도는 대장장이다. 다음 장을 향해 길을 가던 중 그는 서울에서 내려온 신영이라는 여공을 만난다. 아버지의 장례를 치르러 가는 길이라는 그녀는 장례식에 어울리지 않는 빨간 코트에 커다란 ‘스마일’뱃지를 단, 어딘가 모자라 보이는 처녀. 태석은 신영을 버스를 탈 수 있는 곳까지 데려가 주기로 한다.
길 위에서 태석은 줄곧 옛날을 떠올린다. 세상 없이 사랑했던 그의 아내, 그녀가 있어 매번 돌아갔던 작은 초가집, 가장 절친했던 친구 득수, 그러나 그로 하여금 지난 이십여년간 집으로 되돌아갈 수 없게 했던 득수의 배신까지 그는 기억 속의 길을 미움과 그리움 속에 걷는다. 그리고 태석은 신영이 그 원수 같은 득수의 딸임을 알게 되고, 그녀를 집까지 데려다주기 위해 다시 길을 떠나는데….
그리고‘이 땅에 사라져가는 것들을 위하여’
장터가 아직 우리 삶에서 풍요로웠던 70년대 중반, 태석은 이십년 넘게 무거운 모루를 지고 각지의 장터를 떠도는 대장장이다. 다음 장을 향해 길을 가던 중 그는 서울에서 내려온 신영이라는 여공을 만난다. 아버지의 장례를 치르러 가는 길이라는 그녀는 장례식에 어울리지 않는 빨간 코트에 커다란 ‘스마일’뱃지를 단, 어딘가 모자라 보이는 처녀. 태석은 신영을 버스를 탈 수 있는 곳까지 데려가 주기로 한다.
길 위에서 태석은 줄곧 옛날을 떠올린다. 세상 없이 사랑했던 그의 아내, 그녀가 있어 매번 돌아갔던 작은 초가집, 가장 절친했던 친구 득수, 그러나 그로 하여금 지난 이십여년간 집으로 되돌아갈 수 없게 했던 득수의 배신까지 그는 기억 속의 길을 미움과 그리움 속에 걷는다. 그리고 태석은 신영이 그 원수 같은 득수의 딸임을 알게 되고, 그녀를 집까지 데려다주기 위해 다시 길을 떠나는데….
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The Road of Life Experience
The Road of Life Experience
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If there is one sure positive feeling you will get from this movie is relating to the beautiful, albeit rugged, Korean scenery that is displayed here - mountainous regions, meandering hills, snow covered landscapes and the long distance takes of two people walking amongst these vistas, is in itself one great chill out experience. But where there is a simple aesthetic, there is the more tragic story within the surface beauty and interwoven into this picturesque is one interesting and rewarding movie. About the plight of a blacksmith Tae Seok, who after meeting a young woman needing assistance to travel to her home for her father's funeral, assists her on her travels and begins to reflect on the past bitter sweet aftertastes of one of his old linen trader friends, who happens to be the father of the woman. These two people then take an emotional 'road journey' together to the linen trader's home, resulting in difficult and bitter emotional past memories, as both their own individual pasts are brought to the surface and revealed to one other. A sharp and rugged tale set in 1970s Korea, it tells this story in interspersed flash back events and of how Tae Seok had struggled to make ends meet and sacrificed his married life that had led to conflicting circumstances and an unfortunate perceived betrayal. For one this movie is like a spiritual journey concerning the road metaphors on the reflections of a person's past life (road) and memories and mortality. It shows this in the opener and closing parts, showing Tae Seok walking along the meandering rugged hills across the physical landscape that was there in his own past, and conjuring the memories back to him. In another way, it shows the self sufficiency that was so necessary to those living in this region in 70s Korea, and of how traditional tradesmen and women like Tae Seok, tried to survive against the odds of industrialization. One aspect of this film I found interesting, also though, was the actress who played the part of the young woman (in the red clothing and waring a smiley badge) as she looks so uncannily like actor Ji Tae Yu from "Traces of Love". So much that you could easily pass her off as his twin sister. I'm not kidding and they're aren't related (I don't think), but its amazing how she resembles him, unless its my face recognition. This is another of the Sponge releases of indie type movies that have so far all been very well made films and this one is too. This time a film reflecting Chang Ho Bea's earlier movies from the 80s and 90s, this film also would be more recommended for fans of this director/actor, or if you liked the films of Im Kwon Taek and of his "Sopyonje" movie - or even some of the Spectrum releases like "Portrait of Our Youth" etc. Highly recommended. |
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