UID:
kobvindex_ZLB34552405
Format:
2 Blu-ray Disc (131 min + Bonus)
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1 Beilage
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1,85:1
Edition:
Special edition
ISBN:
9781681438221
Series Statement:
The Criterion collection : [BD] 1073
Content:
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 (Kim 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. (Criterion)
Content:
Extras: Five short featurettes covering different aspects of the filmmaking process. These range in length from two minutes to nearly eight minutes and all consist of on-location footage, on-set clips, and interviews with the director and crew. The next section looks at nine characters from the film, with clips from the movie, comments from the director, and interviews with the relevant actors. These range in length from three to six minutes. More interviews and on-set footage are presented in two further making-of segments running for seventeen and twelve minutes respectively. Features about the set and production design, clothing and make-up, the film's invisible use of CG effects, and the original score come next, clocking in at eleven, twelve, five and fourteen minutes respectively. The next section provides a break from all the interviews, instead consisting of fifty-six on-set photographs and a single on-set painting presented in four separate galleries, divided according to the photographer or artist. Seven deleted scenes, totalling around fourteen minutes in duration, come next. These are available either with or without commentary. The scenes all serve to further develop characters or flesh out certain plot points but are otherwise inessential. A section devoted to promotional material contains two theatrical trailers, a TV spot, publicity photo-shoot coverage, and footage from the press screening. The latter features a few faces that should be familiar to Korean cinema aficionados. The last option on the disc gives access to a list of credits over a montage of on-location footage. Finally, an Easter Egg gives access to a seven-minute featurette in which Bong Joon-ho discusses the research he made into the Hwaseong serial murders before embarking on the film. (DVD Times für die koreanische Ausgabe)
Note:
Orig.: Republik Korea, 2003
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Untertitel: englisch
Language:
Korean
Keywords:
Salinui chueok
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Interview
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DVD-Video
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Interview
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DVD-Video
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Film
