Re: [Marxism] A Tale of Two Sisters

[Mathias Bismo <mathiasb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey - this is really my area! When I first saw the subject I really thought 
it was a mail on one of the Asian Horror mailing lists I'm subscribed to...

A Tale of Two Sisters is perhaps the best Asian movie I've ever watched. It 
is scary as shit - it has to be watched to fully grasp it.

Still, I say "perhaps", as I have problems seeing the social commentary 
part. If I am to recommend any Asian movie for its social commentary 
content, I would rank "Suicide Circle" as some of the very best social 
commentary ever shown on screen. Also, "Battle Royale" and "Kairo" have 
contents which are highly critical to the development of Japanese society 
in a way I don't see "A Tale of Two Sister". But perhaps I was too scared 
when watching it to catch this part :=).

Still, highly recommended. I've only watched it at home on DVD, and I can't 
even imagine how it will be theatrically. The only ones I'd suggest not to 
watch the movie at the cinema would be those with a bad heart - that would 
be dangerous!

--
Mathias

You are the weakest link! Goodbye!

På Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:58:13 -0800, skrev Danielle Ni Dhighe 
<danielle@xxxxxxxx>:

> At 10:38 AM 12/16/2004, Louis Proyect wrote:
> >Highly recommended.
>
> I'll second that.  This was the first Korean film to compete with the 
> Japanese New Wave of Horror on its own terms rather than simply trying to 
> blandly imitate it.  Like many Japanese or Korean horror films, it's as 
> much social commentary as it is horror.
>
> Danielle Ni Dhighe
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