Combine sex, obsession and extreme circumstances, and you'll have a perfect formula for a movie created and crafted by the award-winning filmmaker Kim Ki-duk. "Beautiful" (Areumdapda), however, is not Kim's movie -- officially, in the least.
The movie, to be released on Feb. 14, is Jeon Jae-hong's debut feature, but it has all the artistic and thematic trappings that are automatically identified with director Kim. After all, Jeon is Kim's new protege, who has a firm grip on what is called the "Kim Ki-duk style" of the big screen.
"Beautiful" is based on Kim's incomplete screenplay, and Juhn, eager to learn Kim's filmmaking techniques, has turned it into a feature-length movie. Kim, known for his uncontrollably sarcastic humor, says he "saw that it was good".
Kim is actually telling the truth to some extent. "Beautiful" has been invited to the Panorama section of the 58th Berlin International Film Festival, Germany, which will start on Thursday. This is also Kim's trademark: wh...|
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