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    Breathless

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    BREATHLESS is the name of at least 4 films I know. The 1960 Jean-Luc Godard masterpiece with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg IS A MUST. The 1983 re-make by Francois Truffaut with Richard Gere and newcomer Valerie Kaprisky is only so so compared to the original masterpiece, a total waste of time in re-filming it! No difference as I want to devote my attention to the South Korean BREATHLESS which has nothing to do with Godard or Truffaut. Yang-Ik Joon as writer, director, actor has created an almost repugnant world while at the same time creating this unbelievable masterpiece. A troubled man, Sang Boon lives a destitute life upon meeting a young girl in worst straights. This all happens as the film begins, the movie dealing with their relationship, at which point the drama truly begins. The South Korean BREATHLESS is not easy viewing, I would say impossible for some to sit through. Its violence, toughness to the extreme is hard but, if one has any sense, one sees it as the eternal struggle of most people in the world. Is there any redemption in this foul world of theirs? Through thick and thin we keep hoping that some hope, any bit of hope can find the light of day. But that is for you to discover. Asian films have always been marketable from the 1950's when Japan started winning Oscars for Best Foreign Film. There might have been a bit of a lull, but now these Asian films stand in true, international, glorious light being so good, so intelligent telling us much of the human condition. As stated earlier, something I want to repeat, the Korean BREATHLESS is almost like drinking very bitter tea. You have to be up to seeing a drama of human desperation!

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    pietroantoni@  16.12.2014 age: 36-49 14,540 reviews

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