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Actors: Jung Suh, Yoosuk Kim, Sung-hee Park, Jae-hyeon Jo
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Isle |
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THE ISLE (Seom) is a Korean movie written and directed by Kim Ki-duk in 2000. This film won numerous prices in Film festivals during the years 2000 and 2001.
The setting is a lake where fishermen can rent little floating houses. The owner of these houses is a young woman who never speaks to her customers; she sells them baits and doesn't mind satisfying their sexual needs at night for a price.
She falls in love with a man who has rented one of the houses. He doesn't speak much also, doesn't seem to like fishing and spends his time fiddling with his fishing gear. One day, he tries to commit suicide by swallowing a pair of hooks and his saved by the youg woman who cures him. Both engage in a passionate love affair which will be strenghthened when they cause the accidental death of two people willing to disturb their relations.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Isle |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Struggle with
- guilt over actions that lead to death/injury
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- main character serviced by a prostitute
Lover is...
- caretaker/doc/nurse
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- missing body parts/abilities
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
Unclothed?
- buttocks and chest
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Asia/Pacific/Middle East
Yes
Asian country:
- the Koreas
Water?
Yes
Water:
- peddle boat
- drowning
Island?
Yes
Island:
- on vacation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- in awe
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- use of artificial tools
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude male butt
Non-American film?
Yes
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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