A striking film, loosely adapted from (and improving on) the Murakami short story "Barn Burning" - although, interestingly, foregrounding some very Murakami elements, some of which aren't even in the source story[*] - and transposing it to Korea. Disconnected people wracked by huge feelings they don't fully understand and can't articulate - that goes for both Jongsu and Haemi - is only the first layer of a film that's oblique in some ways and direct in others, and lyrical in both major and minor keys. Some of the cinematography reminded me of All About Lily Chou-Chou (though I'm pretty sure this one wasn't shot in digital). What are the greenhouses? What is the burning? What even happened? I'm looking forward to living more with this one; it feels like maybe it will stay somewhere in my chest.
(w/ Hayley + her cousin (Mel?))
[*] A well to fall down, a cat who might lead you places, a mysterious attractive woman who disappears (bonus: she's also a recurrence from childhood), phone calls that raise more questions than they answer, running, pasta (albeit assigned to the antagonist rather than the nominal protagonist), general mood of loneliness.
(w/ Hayley + her cousin (Mel?))
[*] A well to fall down, a cat who might lead you places, a mysterious attractive woman who disappears (bonus: she's also a recurrence from childhood), phone calls that raise more questions than they answer, running, pasta (albeit assigned to the antagonist rather than the nominal protagonist), general mood of loneliness.
