Well well

I went to see Hwal (The Bow), the last Kim Ki-duk's movie...I've seen most of his films and I loved Bin-Jip (3-Iron) last year.

This last movie is a sort of tale. The title comes from the bow the main character uses to protect his floating "home" and that he can turn into a stringed instrument by adding a few pieces. The pitch was intriguing and refreshing. A man, in his 60's, lives on a boat somwhere out to sea, with a young girl. They make a living by hosting fishermen aboard for a day or more. We learn thanks to the fishermen' conversations that the old man found the girl when she was 6, 10 years ago and has raised her since then...planning to marry her when she is 17. The sea man is also a fortune-teller.

But maybe Kim ki-duk makes too many films, too fast...

( Strings, swings and arrows )