Address Unknown details
| Format: | 18 DVD |
|---|---|
| Starring: | Young-min Kim, Dong-Kun Yang, Min-Jung Ban, Young-Min Kim |
| Directors: | Kim Ki-Duk, Ki-Duk Kim |
| Genres: | Drama, World Cinema - Korean |
| Studio: | PALISADES TARTAN |
| Name | Discs | |
|---|---|---|
Address Unknown |
18 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 55 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 26 Jun 2006 |
| Main languages: | Korean |
| Subtitles: | English |
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The offending eye
By Marie Adams from Colchester , 18 Oct 2007[Highly rated reviewer]
'If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out...' St Matthew ch 18 v 9. I do not believe it is fanciful to quote the Bible, tho I am not a believer, with regard to Kim Ki-Duk. My first experience of him as a director was Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter ... and Spring. What struck me so much about that film was that it appeared to be Buddhist yet had such resonance with the Christian Doctrine of Original Sin. And then I discovered that Kim Ki-Duk was (is?) a Christian and had made up the symbolism in the film. Two days after watching Address Unknown I woke with the St Matthew quote in my head. Of course, I thought, there is the metaphor. Her eye represents the war and the US occupation of South Korea, when she fixes her eye with the help of the US soldier she betrays her country. To honour her country once again there is only one thing to do - I will not give away the ending of the film. To my mind this film is the best anti-war film I have seen. The whole quote goes like this, and it is clear to see how it applies to Kim Ki-Duk's film: 'If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.' Hell fire... a foreign armies dereliction and occupation of one's home land - I will not name the country that springs to mind.
Kim Ki-Duk says that all that occurs in the film he has either experienced or witnessed as he grew up in South Korea. I welcome his 'eye' for telling it as it is.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(8)Wanted: one good guy, just one....
By a customer from Banchory , 04 Jan 2010Every single character in this long tale is depressing. After half an hour of such gloom I thought of giving up, but in fact, with the help of the fast-forward, continued to the end. My experience of life - and certainly of Korea - is that there is a good scattering of decent folk, so I found the whole thing unreal and unpleasantly bleak. A film about racial prejudice? No. An anti-war film? Not for me - too much gratuitous violence.- Was this review helpful to you?
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The offending eye
By Marie Adams from Colchester , 18 Oct 2007[Highly rated reviewer]
'If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out...' St Matthew ch 18 v 9. I do not believe it is fanciful to quote the Bible, tho I am not a believer, with regard to Kim Ki-Duk. My first experience of him as a director was Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter ... and Spring. What struck me so much about that film was that it appeared to be Buddhist yet had such resonance with the Christian Doctrine of Original Sin. And then I discovered that Kim Ki-Duk was (is?) a Christian and had made up the symbolism in the film. Two days after watching Address Unknown I woke with the St Matthew quote in my head. Of course, I thought, there is the metaphor. Her eye represents the war and the US occupation of South Korea, when she fixes her eye with the help of the US soldier she betrays her country. To honour her country once again there is only one thing to do - I will not give away the ending of the film. To my mind this film is the best anti-war film I have seen. The whole quote goes like this, and it is clear to see how it applies to Kim Ki-Duk's film: 'If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.' Hell fire... a foreign armies dereliction and occupation of one's home land - I will not name the country that springs to mind.
Kim Ki-Duk says that all that occurs in the film he has either experienced or witnessed as he grew up in South Korea. I welcome his 'eye' for telling it as it is.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Hard going but rewarding.
By Mattowar (17 reviews) from Wath upon Dearne , 29 Jul 2007Like all of Kim Ki-Duk's films, you'll probably love it or hate it. If you don't like subtitled films, you shouldn't rent them in the first place and you certainly shouln't use it as criteria for a bad review. Address Unknown is a typically unsettling experience. It's often difficult to see what Kim's getting at beyond the obvious narrative arc, but his films always inspire a degree of afterthought and, although I don't like some of his films, I'd watch anything he made.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A Normal Life?
By drunkenmaster (479 reviews) from Merthyr Tydfil, , 21 Feb 2007Another piece of class cinema from Kim Ki-duk. Harrowing, and at times hard to watch, but always compelling. Adult entertainment with some cruel moments of pathos. It is hard to believe that everything that happens here could realistically happen in such a short period of time, but we suspend belief for the sake of dramatic narrative. The no animals were harmed notice at the start of the film makes sense when put in the context of the story.- Was this review helpful to you?
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masterpiece
By a customer from london,england , 29 Jan 2007a korean masterpiece, strong , direct and very true- Was this review helpful to you?
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