And while not especially gory, this film was disturbing on a visceral level. On a personal level, a lot of it was hard to watch, as I'd lived and taught in Suwon for years, which is apparently where a lot of the killing happened. I loved the ending, with a now-retired Park scanning the audience watching, searching for the at the time uncaught killer. Clumsy, dumb, misguided, scared, haunted humans. It's not stylish, it's not cool, it's human. The police sergeant drunkenly vomiting into a drink bucket at the karaoke bar, the disastrous press event, the opening scene with the farmer running over the evidence and the police sliding down the embankment. I can't really think of the correct term for this movie, but it seemed very grounded. Seeing him broken in the end, wanting to kill the last suspect regardless of conclusive proof, was both tragic but understandable after seeing the body of the poor high school girl who was the final victim in the film. Seo Tae-yoon starts off resentful and distrustful of the local yokels handling this case, their brutality and clumsy assumptions. Park Doo-man ends up quitting his job, but remains haunted by the case. It was interesting and tragic to see this case basically break the people working on it. It seems police cutting corners and forcing confessions is something that crosses borders internationally.
#Memories of a murderer jerking off guy movie#
I could see the influence of Alan Moore's From Hell in this movie, but I also could see how this movie is sadly timeless. The family in The Host having to struggle against a thoughtless US military presence and Korean bureaucracy. He tells his stories very concerned with real people, human beings against institutions. If I had to classify his work, I'd say he's a very human director. I've long been a fan of Bong Joon-ho, especially how he can switch genres and isn't afraid of putting in slapstick comedy in serious dramas.
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