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Synopsis:
Imagine
you knew you were going to die very soon, how would you spend you
last days ? Jung Won chooses to stay in his little photo shop.
Everyday, different customers walk in and he, never one to speak
too much, just stands behind his counter and watches calmly. his
life goes on as if it were a dream. One day, Darim walks in. They
fall in love. She waits for Jung won to say those beautiful words
" I Love You " . But he would never say them because he
knows he has to go very soon. Darim, though, knows nothing of his
illness. And finally he does go always, leaving his family, his
friend, the woman he loves but can't tell ... In Hur Jin Ho's
story, you will find no great promises, no passionate embrace, no
dramatic sacrifice. But you tears will still flow. His natural
telling of this natural story is the reason for his success.
DVD EXTRAS:
* English/Chinese
removable subtitles
* Christmas in August Trailer and Art Centre Promotion
Trailer
KNOWN DVD SECRET(S): None
that I know of
DVD REVIEW:
This is one of those
type of films that few people will get. Each person I talked
to who has seen this movie saw the movie in different ways, a lot
of people didn't get the movie.
The movie is about a
man who is dying and how he tries to cope with his final days with
family and friends. He has his own photography business and
he meets Darim. Unfortunately, though there is an attraction
by the two, she doesn't know he's sick and he doesn't tell
her. He doesn't want to get involved in a relationship
because he's dying and thus the movie is about this man's life as
he approaches near to death.
This defies the
typical stories of a happy ending or a Hollywood like ending for a
person dying storyline.
For me, this was a
different approach to most storylines that I'm accustomed
to. Although I got it, there is no Hollywood ending.
The ending I was expecting, thus if you come in watching this
movie with high expectations, you're not going to get what you
want. It's pretty much: a person dies and life goes
on. I guess like many other people who saw this, we wanted
the fairy tale ending or some resolution with the two characters
but this movie is doesn't b.s. with the viewer, it's about life
and death. How you deal with your death is what is important
and what is the focus in this movie, not the romance.
The movie is quite
beautiful ala DVD and the sound is typical for a dialogue
movie. There is a trailer and info. about the actors.
All in all an
interesting movie and a different perspective way to see a movie
of a person who is dying. Nothing glamorized and nothing
Hollywood-like.
THE MOVIE: C+
THE DVD EXTRAS: C-
THE DVD OVERALL: C
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