I'm A Cyborg Details

2006

Rated:
70
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Starring	Ji-hun Jeong, Lim Soo Jung
Director	Park Chan-Wook
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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I'm A Cyborg

Young-goon is admitted to a mental institution. Believing herself a cyborg, she charges herself with a transistor radio. Il-soon, a fellow inmate, steals the other inmates' personality traits and believes he is fading and will one day turn into a dot. When Young-goon refuses to eat, Il-soon decides it's his job to get her on her feet again. This charming, tender and visually arresting film cements Park Chan-wook's reputation as one of the most gifted and stylistically playful filmmakers working today.

Starring	Ji-hun Jeong, Lim Soo Jung
Director	Park Chan-Wook
Studio	PALISADES TARTAN
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 47 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 47 mins
Certificate
Collections	New releases
Genres	Drama, World Cinema
Language	DVD: Korean Blu-ray: Korean
Subtitles	DVD: English Blu-ray: English
Released	DVD: 26 May 2008 Blu-ray: 26 May 2008 Production year: 2006
Format	DVD

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Witty, playful, romantic, tragic, Park Chan-wook's I'M A CYBORG is a whole chocolate box of emotions in a highly decorative but absolutely characteristic wrapping
- Variety
- Posted 29 Feb 2008
With its pastel tones, clinical mise-en-scène, a lush, Danny Elfman-style soundtrack and some wild, expressionist... read more on Time Out
- David Jenkins,
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
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12 out of 12 people found this review helpful

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Odd, but in a very good way

A young girl in a mental asylum - she doesn't eat because she believes she's a cyborg and doesn't need to - and a young boy who wants her to start eating again. An unusual storyline and an unusual film.

When you start watching a film that you know is going to be about psychiatric issues and mental instability, there's a sense of nervousness about how it will be handled. In this case, I found I took a real liking to the characters and there wasn't anything distasteful or inappropriate. This film is a quirkily told story, with several short scenes of pure fantasy - all of which just sit in the film without any attention being drawn to them. Which bits are the fantasy of the characters and which are the reality of their life in the asylum? It's obvious sometimes, but...

If you like this, you would probably enjoy 'Eagle vs. Shark'. Or vice versa. I loved them both.
- - NeilG from Swindon, England
  - Posted 19 Jul 2008 22:01
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12 out of 12 people found this review helpful

[Highly rated reviewer]

Odd, but in a very good way

A young girl in a mental asylum - she doesn't eat because she believes she's a cyborg and doesn't need to - and a young boy who wants her to start eating again. An unusual storyline and an unusual film.

When you start watching a film that you know is going to be about psychiatric issues and mental instability, there's a sense of nervousness about how it will be handled. In this case, I found I took a real liking to the characters and there wasn't anything distasteful or inappropriate. This film is a quirkily told story, with several short scenes of pure fantasy - all of which just sit in the film without any attention being drawn to them. Which bits are the fantasy of the characters and which are the reality of their life in the asylum? It's obvious sometimes, but...

If you like this, you would probably enjoy 'Eagle vs. Shark'. Or vice versa. I loved them both.
- - NeilG from Swindon, England
  - Posted 19 Jul 2008 22:01
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