Secret Sunshine (밀양 - Miryang) (2007)

Movies I Watched in May 2020 (34 movies items)

" Date: 5/31/2020 Viewed: Criterion Channel First Viewing Note: I still remember when this movie came out back in 2007, but I never saw it at the time. 13 years later, I finally watched the movie on the Criterion Channel for the first time and I really enjoy it. The pacing in this movie is great because it didn't move slowly at all. The movie is 2 and half-hour-long, but it feels like a 90-minute movie. This is the first movie that I've seen from Lee Chang-dong and I'm glad that I picked this"

Movies Watched in 2019 (225 movies items)

"March 7th Directed by: Lee Chang-dong This movie has an answer for every time you doubt it. It turns it around and shoves it back in your face. I got the sense that people who aren't me would get different things out of this movie than I did. It leaves no stone unturned when it comes to it's subject, suffering alone, pushing people away, not knowing how to help, heavy stuff. It's brutal, it makes you want to stop watching but that in itself feels like a reflection of it's themes, making me que"