Sunday, December 7, 2014

Korean Movie: Declaration of Idiot 바보선언

This is number 9 on the top 101 Korean movies list made by the Korean Film Archive. My goal is to watch them all. 6 down....95 to go!

Year: 1983
Length: 97 minutes
Genre: Social Drama
Where to Watch: https://www.youtube.com/user/KoreanFilm

Main Cast:

Lee Bo-hee 혜영

Kim Myung-kon 동철
Lee Hee-sung 육덕

Plot:

동철 has lived a life of crime. 동철 sees a girl that he likes (혜영). He follows her around and one day 동철 and 육덕 (a taxi driver) try to kidnap her. They find out that 혜영 is a prostitute. They do errands for her. They get kicked out after fighting with a customer. All 3 of them go to a beach resort. 동철 falls in love with 혜영. 혜영 gets a job in a high-class restaurant in Seoul. She is killed when a customer forces her to drink too much alcohol. 동철 and 육덕 dress her up nicely and bury her.    


**This movie was so odd to me! I can't understand why it is in the top 100 movies. Maybe you have to understand the Korean culture in the 80s to appreciate this movie.

There isn't much dialogue in the movie. The dialogue doesn't start until about 40 minutes into the movie. A lot of the movie is silent with a kid narrating.

It was neat to see how Korea has changed over the years. The cars, fashion and buildings have changed a lot since the 80's.

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