no title 6

"people can occasionally take advantage of shortcuts in judgment to figure out dependably what they favor politically." ---Sniderman, Broday and Tetlock

I am not going to say something politically. I just wanted to quote this sentence when I saw Duelist (2005) and The Big Swindle (2003) respectively.

Why these two? You may remember that I said I was led to LBS forum by a LBS fan. Later, I knew that she is a great fan of Ha, Ji Won. too. As I am quite strange to the actress, I was curious about what my friend discovered from HJW's acting. And 형사(Duelist) directed by Lee, Myung Sae was the top recommended film. For the same reason, I was advised to see 범죄의 재구성(The Big Swindle) to feel the essence of Park, Shin Yang's acting (but I watched Lovers in Paris before). I may write a very short review of them when I go to the board next time because I know they will be happy to read it. But I can't write it now so leave very preliminary points instead.

(....To me, to write a review, however short or long it is, requires to clarify what points I want to discuss with. I believe that it always first comes to be a review worh its name....)

Here's some shortcuts to frame my future review. If I suggest evidence to support my arguments and examples to illustrate my feeling, I will show you my review. Otherwise, I will just chat about it. I like it, too.

General

1. Duelist (D) is ultimate abstract painting if the Big Swindle is figure painting

2. D seeks for the common or the form; BS for the uncommon or unexpected

3. D let me keep asking myself a lot of 'why', but it looked meaningless because it's not important to see D; BS let me ask myself little

4. D is genius but not clever; BS clever but not genius

5. D isn't cool; BS is cool

6. D makes me worry the director's next work with love; BS makes me wait the director's next work with love

Acting

HJW-good but...

PSY-great but...

Story & Mise-en-scen

N/A

* The painting is a work of Gerhard Richter, one of my favorite contemporary artists excellent in both abstract and representational art.