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Tag Archives: Poet
To My River (2018) ☆☆☆(3/4): The daily life of a poet
South Korean independent film “To My River” grows on me more as I reflect on it more. As a dry but sensitive character drama about life and poetry, it requires some patience from time to time, but it gradually comes … Continue reading
Hotel by the River (2018) ☆☆☆(3/4): One day of an aging poet guy
South Korean film “Hotel by the River”, the latest work from Hong Sang-soo, relatively feels more melancholic and reflective than Hong’s previous works. While there are several amusing moments of low-key humor as you can expect from his film, the … Continue reading
A Quiet Passion (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): The life and poetry of Emily Dickinson
While she is now regarded as one of the great American poets during the 19th century, Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) did not get much recognition during her lifetime. Although she wrote nearly 1,800 poems, only a few of them were published … Continue reading
The Poet and the Boy (2017) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Poetry and sexual confusion
South Korean film “The Poet and the Boy” is a familiar story to the bone. Here is an artist struggling with his lack of inspiration, but then there comes an unexpected possibility of romance, and he is both confused and … Continue reading
Paterson (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A bus driver poet in Paterson
Several days ago, I went to the Iksan campus of Chonbuk National University for meeting several colleagues of my previous workplace. After meeting them and then having a little chat with them, I waited outside for a bus to the … Continue reading
Neruda (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): An unconventional biopic inspired by Pablo Neruda
“Neruda” is not a conventional biopic at all. While mainly focusing on one crucial point in Chilean poet Pablo Neruda’s life, the movie freely mixes fact and fiction for giving us a wider view on not only the poet himself … Continue reading
Grandma (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A day with her pregnant granddaughter
To be frank with you, it took some time for me to notice Lily Tomlin. I encountered her for the first time when I happened to watch “All of Me” (1984) on TV during the early 1990s, but they showed … Continue reading
DongJu: The Portrait of A Poet (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): The short life of a Korean poet
Wishing not to have so much as a speck of shame toward heaven until the day I die, I suffered, even when the wind stirred the leaves. With my heart singing to the stars, I shall love all things that … Continue reading
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Tagged Friendship, Japanese Occupation, Poet, Poetry, Real-life figure, Real-life story, South Korean Film
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Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4): Eight different styles inside one package
“Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet” is a lovely animation feature film decorated with eight different styles in one package. Supervised by Roger Allers, the co-director of “The Lion King” (1994), eight different animation artists freely wield each own cell animation style … Continue reading
The Sessions (2012) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : He just wants to lose his virginity…
Mark O’Brien’s life is one of those moving life stories we encounter from time to time. After he contacted polio when he was 6, he spent most of his life as a paralyzed man depending on iron wrong, but he … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholicism, Disability, Poet, Polio, Priest, Religion, Sex, Sex Surrogate
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