Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring

2003 movie, from Ki-duk Kim; very poor
direction is far too fast for the subject, randomnly jittering about
master shots just randomly changed angle, no sense of duration
minimal camera movement makes it visually dull,
as does the grey lighting, the lack of shadow and pictoral interest
such an opportunity as well; a few glimpses of bright leaves, lovely fog, all wasted
its not a bad idea, and does create some interesting correspondences and mood changes
but this is so philosophically inert, really pretty nasty
negative view of some putative 'human nature', with some fridge magnet style evocation of a deeply conservative superior world
better to read it as a deeply unpleasant old man....
also nastily mysognistic when the female comes; simply not acceptable, director lacks brain
a certainly stupid film, not a bad idea, but terribly executed