I've never submitted a comment to this or any other forum about film. But, I was so taken by this movie and was searching for others who enjoyed it as much as I and my friends did, that I felt the need to comment here.
As my friends and I walked out of the theatre, we not only talked about the imagery and the lack of sound (which make it unusual), but we tried to decipher it. There is so much to this film. The story leaves clues...to the point that you wonder in the end whether one or both of the characters ever existed. Are they just part of a character's imagination?
POTENTIAL SPOILERS HERE SO THESE ARE QUESTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO SAW THE FILM
When the woman, Lee Seung-yeon, slaps her abusive husband back, isn't that just a lesson learned from the boxer (who fought back too)? When she seeks solace from the traditional couple, isn't that a wish acquired from having been in their warm house? It is as if each place visited, held a clue for her to make her way back to normalcy. Even her solution -- to create a phantom lover and to say sincerely "I love you" to SOMEONE, is the only way to see a way out of her predicament. Her picture was at one point turned into a kind of puzzle and it became progressively normal (in the photographer's house). The only thing I haven't figured out is why both characters weighed 0 at the end. I was looking for her weight alone. But this film is great because it gets you on so many different levels.
As my friends and I walked out of the theatre, we not only talked about the imagery and the lack of sound (which make it unusual), but we tried to decipher it. There is so much to this film. The story leaves clues...to the point that you wonder in the end whether one or both of the characters ever existed. Are they just part of a character's imagination?
POTENTIAL SPOILERS HERE SO THESE ARE QUESTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO SAW THE FILM
When the woman, Lee Seung-yeon, slaps her abusive husband back, isn't that just a lesson learned from the boxer (who fought back too)? When she seeks solace from the traditional couple, isn't that a wish acquired from having been in their warm house? It is as if each place visited, held a clue for her to make her way back to normalcy. Even her solution -- to create a phantom lover and to say sincerely "I love you" to SOMEONE, is the only way to see a way out of her predicament. Her picture was at one point turned into a kind of puzzle and it became progressively normal (in the photographer's house). The only thing I haven't figured out is why both characters weighed 0 at the end. I was looking for her weight alone. But this film is great because it gets you on so many different levels.