{"id":9009,"date":"2011-05-22T19:05:25","date_gmt":"2011-05-22T19:05:25","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-22T19:05:25","modified_gmt":"2011-05-22T19:05:25","slug":"-Arirang-Wins-Un-Certain-Regard-Prize-at-Cannes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=9009","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Arirang\u2019 Wins Un Certain Regard Prize at Cannes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Korea\u2019s film industry, Kim Ki-duk is a rarity; he is more recognized outside Korea than in his native country. The 64th Cannes Film Festival last week proved that once again. His self-portrait movie, \u201cArirang,\u201d which he wrote, directed and even acted in, was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the festival, reportedly drawing a standing ovation from the approximately 2,000 people who filled the screening venue. In a letter posted on the festival\u2019s official website, Mr. Kim said an accident in which an actress nearly died while filming a suicide scene led him to make his latest film to \u201clook back on the 15 films I frantically made during my 13-year film career.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shot mostly in a tucked-away cabin, the movie features Mr. Kim playing three personas: one asking questions, one answering and the other watching, reflecting on his life as a film director, scolding and comforting himself. At one point, he laments the high-profile betrayal in 2008 by his prot\u00e9g\u00e9, Jang Hoon, who left him to work for a major movie production. The 52-year-old director debuted in 1996 with the movie \u201cCrocodile,\u201d about a sly guy who collects the bodies of suicides in the Han River and blackmails bereaved families for money. His dark portrayal of alienated people often catches the country on the raw. Major movie distributors often choose not to show his movie due to commercial concerns.<\/p>\n

South Korean director Kim Ki-duk poses during the photocall of \u201cArirang\u201d presented in the Un Certain Regard selection at the 64th Cannes Film Festival on May 13, 2011 in Cannes. Many of his low-budget movies, however, continue to be invited to screen at international film festivals. In 2004, he won prizes in Berlin and Venice for his \u201cSamaritan Girl\u201d and \u201c3-Iron.\u201d Through \u201cArirang,\u201d he has the chance to express his own mixed feelings about the both Korean film industry and the attitudes of moviegoers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

ARIRANG – Trailer – KIM Ki-duk – Cannes 2011<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n