Sarin ŭi ch'uŏk = Memories of murder /
살인의 추억 = Memories of murder /
"In his breakthrough second feature, Bong Joon Ho explodes the conventions of the policier with thrillingly subversive, genre-defying results. Based on the true story of a string of serial killings that rocked a rural community in the 1980s, Memories of Murder stars New Korean Cinema icon Song...
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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | Korean |
| Language Notes: | In Korean with English subtitles. |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
Criterion Collection,
[2021]
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| Edition: | Director-approved two-Blu-ray special edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
1073. |
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| Summary: | "In his breakthrough second feature, Bong Joon Ho explodes the conventions of the policier with thrillingly subversive, genre-defying results. Based on the true story of a string of serial killings that rocked a rural community in the 1980s, Memories of Murder stars New Korean Cinema icon Song Kang Ho as the local officer who reluctantly joins forces with a seasoned Seoul detective (Lim Sang Kyung) to investigate the crimes--leading each man on a wrenching, yearslong odyssey of failure and frustration that will drive him to the existential edge. Combining a gripping procedural with a vivid social portrait of the everyday absurdity of life under military rule, Bong fashions a haunting journey into ever-deepening darkness that begins as a black-comic satire and ends as a soul-shattering encounter with the abyss"--Container. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. Based on the play "Come to see me" by Kim Kwang-rim. Special Features: two 2003 commentaries featuring Bong and members of the cast and crew, plus a new commentary featuring critic Tony Rayns; new interview with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro; new interview with Bong about the real-life serial killer who inspired the film; documentary from 2004 on the making of the film; deleted scenes with optional audio commentary by Bong; new interview with film scholar Jeff Smith on the use of sound in Bong's work; Incoherence : a 1994 student film by Bong with a new introduction by the director; teaser; trailer; TV spot. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Blu-ray, region A; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio); DTS-HD master audio 5.1. |
| Production Credits: | Cinematography, Kim Hyung-ku ; production designer, Ryu Sung-hee ; editor, Kim Sun-min ; music, Iwashiro Taro ; costume design, Kim Yoo-sun. |
| ISBN: | 9781681438221 1681438224 |