In this blog post, I will examine how perceptions of experimental film have changed, focusing on the desire, narrative transformations, and new possibilities for experimental film as depicted in Luis Buñuel’s surrealist films. A common feature found in surrealist films is imagery that flashes into view as suddenly as a person’s dream. These images have the characteristic of disrupting the...
Is “Oh! Soo-jin” a realist film? How does it differ from a fantasy film?
In this blog post, I’ll analyze the narrative and mise-en-scène of “Oh! Soo-jin” to reveal how the film subverts audience expectations through its everyday storytelling, and I’ll compare the differences between realist and fantasy films. Introduction A few days ago, I had a conversation with my boyfriend. When he said, “There’s an indie documentary festival,” I replied, “What? Indie, and a...
Why does ‘Our Sunhi’ end with the men’s story, not Sunhi’s?
This blog post examines why ‘Our Sunhi’ concludes not with Sunhi’s inner world, but through the gaze of the men pursuing her, and explores the meaning this structure conveys. It Began with Sunhi, Yet Only the Men Remain Just as the title of the film 『Our Sunhi』 suggests, the protagonist Sunhi appears at the very beginning of the movie. When first hearing the title, the word ‘our’...
What does the blurred focus in Hong Sang-soo’s ‘In Water’ symbolize?
In this blog post, we will explore what the blurred focus in Hong Sang-soo’s ‘In Water’ symbolizes and analyze the film’s symbolic meaning. A semiotic approach does not function properly when analyzing Hong Sang-soo’s films. This is because the numerous objects appearing in the film transform into symbols that imply specific metaphors. These objects appear repeatedly...