Obsessed with film since 1982*

What a wonderful film. All the way through I was thinking, 'Wes Anderson's major influence, surely?' and low and behold, there's the link with Bud Cort. He's bound to be on record somewhere confessing his love for this film. It still feels fresh as a daisy today and not as it needs a remake but I couldn't help feel that Elijah Wood and Carrie Fisher would have been perfect on-screen together and if anyone was to have directed that version, it would be Wes.
An epic endearment to both the power of nature and the loss of a nation's identity. Full of analogy and distinct iconography, Hoon-jung Park's film is a testament to his own sensibilities as a writer and director and are embodied within the central characters. Not only does he convey emotion through subtle gestures of the Lord of the Mountain but also his deft camera work when it comes to the more dramatic portions of the film. Mythic, cathartic, romantic, operatic...there are few films made today that can instantly placed on such a high pedestal.