Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2006) is a Korean film with beautiful cinematography, stark colors and contrasts, and a solid narrative which is told via great dialogue and superb editing. "Be white, like this"-- a great finish to a story of justice and atonement. As soon as the intro-credits roll with the swirling and indents of finger pads, red liquid akin to red blood rolling down, you're hooked-- and it's not corny or cliche' at all. The unique dark humor reflected in the drama surrounding a prison inmate nicknamed "The Witch" as she throws her weight around, and the revenge enacted on her by her roomies is a great backdrop for the real conundrum ahead: Do you leave scum-sucking dirt bags to the state? Do you pronounce and enforce sentence yourself? "Big sins, big atonement. Small sins, small atonement." It can be gruesomely painful to watch at times, but on the whole, you appreciate the sensual ride and the conclusions our heroine comes to make in the end. As part of a revenge trilogy by Park Chan-wook, I look forward to the other two: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Oldboy.
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Monday, April 21, 2008
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Online fiction is awesome- as long as you're sitting at the computer, you might as well jump into a fictional story or enjoy the interaction between real-life computer nerds who are role playing as themselves in fictional circumstances.
There are some fantastic narratives being created as I type. What I find so interesting are the spin-offs of fiction and the different ways to relate and connect with others through fiction. For example, an amazing first-of-its-kind hypertext book "Patchwork Girl".
Now, this book isn't available online, and I don't think you can even download it. So I don't know that you would classify it as online fiction. However, I did find this great review of the book in which the reviewer professes to be the girl in patchwork girl. What's so interesting about this, is that a real review of a real work of fiction is written under the auspices of a fictional character who creates a new fictional reality.
This next reference is a bit tricky. There's a blog spot called "Our Souls Journey" which seems to be maintained and subscribed to by every hippie burnout who's obtained "enlightenment" on the planet. However, the key is that however mystically esoteric much of the drivel may be, the blog seems to operate from a place of nonfiction intent. That being said, I did find a bit of obvious fiction on the site, just scroll down until you read:
'On the very
inner fringes of
primordial creation there was born a constellation of
Seven Stars. As
time passed each was ruled by a Prince and a King
bound them all. They
evolved from the material to the spiritual. In the
spiritual they sought out all creation, seeking to
harmonize, to learn,
to grow and to acquire understanding. Their threads of
consciousness
spread over the Universe as a closely woven yarn,
making the vastness . . .'
You get the point. What is interesting about this particular fiction is that the bloggers generally utilize fiction to emphasize nonfictional beliefs and lifestyles.
There are some fantastic narratives being created as I type. What I find so interesting are the spin-offs of fiction and the different ways to relate and connect with others through fiction. For example, an amazing first-of-its-kind hypertext book "Patchwork Girl".
Now, this book isn't available online, and I don't think you can even download it. So I don't know that you would classify it as online fiction. However, I did find this great review of the book in which the reviewer professes to be the girl in patchwork girl. What's so interesting about this, is that a real review of a real work of fiction is written under the auspices of a fictional character who creates a new fictional reality.
This next reference is a bit tricky. There's a blog spot called "Our Souls Journey" which seems to be maintained and subscribed to by every hippie burnout who's obtained "enlightenment" on the planet. However, the key is that however mystically esoteric much of the drivel may be, the blog seems to operate from a place of nonfiction intent. That being said, I did find a bit of obvious fiction on the site, just scroll down until you read:
'On the very
inner fringes of
primordial creation there was born a constellation of
Seven Stars. As
time passed each was ruled by a Prince and a King
bound them all. They
evolved from the material to the spiritual. In the
spiritual they sought out all creation, seeking to
harmonize, to learn,
to grow and to acquire understanding. Their threads of
consciousness
spread over the Universe as a closely woven yarn,
making the vastness . . .'
You get the point. What is interesting about this particular fiction is that the bloggers generally utilize fiction to emphasize nonfictional beliefs and lifestyles.
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