Michael Hanake meets the Blair Witch Project in Kim Gok's Exhausted, a vicious kick in the pants to everyone in the audience, all in the name of "style." A man meets a mute woman, and as any reasonable person would do in such a situation, makes her his prostitute. But the pimping is the least of our problems. As we get exhausted by the grainy faux-16mm camerawork, the film gets increasingly deranged. The closest thing we get to a sympathetic character is the pimp, simply because he's got too much self-respect to fuck a mute whore. Everyone else is either a gory mess, or a gory mess in disguise. Even the prostitute, which even a thug like Lars von Trier would make likeable, comes off as a delirious scary woman whose shrieks strike like blows to the jugular.
Kim Gok has seemingly abandoned the Marxist critiques of his short films, going instead for mindless brutality which culminates in an endless bloody freak-show involving, among other things, a pair of scissors going where pairs of scissors should not go. In the middle of the bloodbath, we get an extended long take of the beaten prostitute's near-dead face, but it does not elicit sympathy or pity. In fact, images of the victim only make us shy away in shock. (Indeed, the extended sequence led to continuous walk-outs during the Pusan screening.) The long take invites us to stare, but it assumes we're as sadistic as the victimizer (and the film) is. Meanwhile the sound-effects (mostly a rumbling bassline that shakes the theater) pulsates with pure wickedness. With Hanake, shock creates reflection, which asks that we be critical. Here, we only want to escape. I suppose Exhausted has some virtues; the shots of drilling machines and factories provide a mesmerizing phallic backdrop to the pimp and prostitute's pursuits. But everything else hurts too much. At least Kim Ki-duk lets us breathe. Exhausted makes Bad Guy look like Lady and the Tramp. (asiaarts.ucla.edu)
第一次看到也有和我一样 kiwi 过敏的人了！！！！
看了开头就能猜到结尾系列。有点俗但没那么俗。
挺好看的，比较温馨浪漫，男主挺可爱的。轻松的剧。
过节片儿就是happy ending甜甜的胡说啦。。喜欢Jimmy！
Make Asian great again!
Love doesn't have to be perfect, it has to be honest.
还挺喜欢这个亚裔演员，good guy也可以收获爱情！
大多数人都想找一个一起看报纸的人
除了最后在一起很突兀，前面轻轻松松就很好笑啊
Online dating的圣诞轻喜剧。激情的火焰如果不能被煽旺，最终就会熄灭。
Such a healing movie. Love all characters.
"A passion whose flame fails to be fanned eventually burns out. Don't be afraid to be you."
excuse me？这都什么刻版印象大合集？有内涵的亚洲人一定是矮宅男？宅男还会攀岩，还比人家天天攀的厉害？喜欢唱跳的人就一定是时刻爱抢风头，贬低别人的人？我真的？？还给我提他妈的鼠尾辫？辱谁呢？？导演编剧脑子被冻冰箱了吗？？？
今晚病了 靠这个如水一般淌过难捱的两小时 在这里先appreciate了
平安夜看圣诞电影，正合适。好可爱好暖心，圣诞正合适的一点点drama和cliche都恰到好处
20211106就是那种很套路的爱情电影，不过看着也还好，美女配个长相一般，不高大威猛的男有问题吗？人家起码有话可聊
电车男和大美女真的太违和了，看不下去。这男演员完全可以眼一些科幻题材的片子，为啥硬要演爆谷爱情片？看这种片的人（例如我）就是想看个帅哥美女上演烂俗情节，我做错了什么？如果是奈飞想讨好中国观众的话，就太错了
看到欧阳点进来看 结果全程就是我一直等欧阳和nina是否会有亲密镜头🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Looking for someone who can see me for who I am 熟悉的美式风格 适合放松
3.5，格式工整又用心，小细节设计和配乐都挺喜欢。特好奇Jimmy OY那段攀岩是替身还是自己登上去的，估计以后段子里会讲。Yippee-ki-yay mother fucker！
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