CROCODILE:kim ki duk’s bizarre world

CROCODILE (1996) is Kim Ki Duk's debut feature, which is trademark Kim Ki Duk. It is bizarre but strangely compelling and original.

Violent thug Crocodile lives under a bridge by the Han River in Seoul together with a peddling boy and a homeless old man in a jury-rigged tent. Crocodile saves a beautiful young woman Hyun-Jung from suicide by drowning, but only to use her for sex. Yet, for some reason the woman, betrayed by her lover, stays with Crocodile, and a peculiar bond establishes.

‘I’m only a refusal of the society,’ Ag-o (Crocodile) tells the young woman who tries to care his fresh injuries. ‘Whore, looking for (a way) to reach my heart?’ She isn’t, instead the deadly brooding monster is slowly losing his own battle — the goodness of this woman, whom he had saved from the deadly depths of Han River, is overpowering him.

In Ag-o, Kim Ki- duk puts all his rage & his frustration. Kim Ki-duk's characters don’t ask a man to seek refuge in love for a woman. Kim doesn’t glorify love or suggest it could be an answer for human suffering. Ag-o’s love for the woman ultimately proves fatal.

YOU ARE WHO YOU MEET: 10 ITEMS OR LESS

10 Items or Less (2006)

Genre: American Comedy Drama

Director: Brad Silberling

The film stars Morgan Freeman and Paz Vega.

10 ITEMS OR LESS is a warm, witty, and ultimately wise film about the importance of taking risks in a world that promotes safe choices. Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman plays a star, not unlike himself, who is considering a part in an upcoming independent film. While researching his prospective role as a supermarket manager, he meets Scarlet, a spirited check-out girl brought to life by Spanish screen sensation Paz Vega. During the one eventful day they spend together, the celebrity and the cashier become unlikely companions on a brief, but memorable, journey toward self-discovery.The film is all about life's possibilities and the audience feel a lightness of spirit and they walk away humming to themselves after watching the movie.

Once the center of Hollywood, an aging actor finds that his fear of failure has made his career dry up, and he’s now forced to consider a role in a small independent movie. While researching for the role, he stumbles into Scarlet, a spitfire check out clerk at a Latino community market. Soon abandoned by his driver, the world famous actor must rely on Scarlet to lead him back to his side of the tracks. This trek through Los Angeles features richly unexpected situations, chance encounters, and personal revelation that neither character could ever have anticipated.

An interesting scene in the movie is the instant numbering of 10 items or less of things they love, hate, can't do without, etc. made by the two main characters. It's a poignant and revealing premise. In a few short words, these lists can get at the heart of what's really important to you. Life has always something to offer, go for it....

My ten items or less

Rain, Wind, Friends, Sex, Travel,Movies,....(my list remains incomplete, let me think )