Review of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) by Isaac B — 05 Apr 2009
Absolutely genius piece of film making that shows us why Mr. Park is amongst the best directors alive. Beautiful, tragic, funny, absurd (a term used repeatedly in the director's commentary to describe many scenes), and profound in its subtle commentary on the emptiness and injustices of post-modern life.
This is not going to fly for some film goers because of the lack of dialogue and plot structure (where we sometimes jump ahead with little knowledge of what's happened in between). I agree with Park's assessment that this works to keep the viewer active, rather than passive, which is again what may turn some off.
The beautiful use of every day sounds can only be rivaled Lynch's 'Inland Empire' and parts of 'There Will Be Blood' from what I can think of. Also interesting is the use of green throughout, which Park also says can be interpreted various ways (envy?).
A masterpiece, in my view.
This review of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) was written by Isaac B on 05 Apr 2009.
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance has generally received positive reviews.
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