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Ritual in every home he breaks into

posted 19 years ago by iggy_hates_spam
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1) he fixes something that's broken
2) he fixes something to eat
3) takes a picture of himself next to another picture
4) does the laundry??

maybe the simple explaination is that he does this because he wants to own this other life he doesn't have for himself. wanting the tranquil family life he imagines in them but.. something is still missing. just saw the movie so it's not fully formed in my mind yet but maybe some of ya'll can throw in a few interpretations.

[–] dagon2 18 years ago

I have a little idea that maybe he was willing to do something good for people whose houses he used as a shelter for a night. I mean he was using their bathrooms, eating their food and slept in their beds. Those people kinda "let" him have a little rest in their homes. Why not make something pleasant for them in return?

[–] iggy_hates_spam 18 years ago

yeah i thought that too. but it seems more like a ritual than just being nice.. if he was being nice he'd vary it a little.

did enjoy the post on another thread about the director's comment.

"All of us are empty houses waiting anxiously for somebody to unlock and liberate us."

from this perspective, he's sorta treating it like his own house. fixing things, etc..

still..

kim ki duk's flicks usually takes time to marinate.

[–] dagon2 18 years ago

That's definately. I think it will take multiple viewings to clear everything out and find some new meanings.

[–] Mex5150 18 years ago

But does he fix things?

I know most poeple say this, but the way I see it he is screwing with stuff. for example when he chops up the photograph, how is that /fixing/ it?

-M

[–] jessecooperlevy 18 years ago

Perhaps in the same way that screwing up the scale is because it changes ones perseption of people or themselve. The resolve of the film has a weightless transendental quality, where the characters are liberated from there bodies maybe.

[–] iggy_hates_spam 18 years ago

if you watch again i think you'll find that he fixes something in every single home. clock, toy gun, etc..

the picture had to do with something else entirely.

[–] pb5n 18 years ago

it was the girl who messed with the picture was´nt it?

[–] bridgit 18 years ago

yeah it was the girl that messed the picture up not the boy...

[–] fredbel6 18 years ago

Yes, and he was surprised to see it. This is not his way of dealing with the owner's property.

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[–] aurora56 17 years ago

yeah, that was really interesting when that happened cause he comes and goes without making any changes. In a way he is invisible even before he becomes "invisible" at the end of the film. The fact that he accepts her into his routine even though she completely changes something in his routine (for that one time in the photographer's apartment) shows an aspect of their relationship. He has let her into his world.

[–] mfa215 17 years ago

I didn't notice a routine so much as an attitude toward "borrowing" his living spaces. It was all rather karmic, in that as long as he did a good deed or two - cleaning up after himself, fixing something, tidying up - he was able to use their furniture and food freely. It was when he took advantage of the houses that bad things happened to him - I need to watch the film again to make note of each mistake in each instance.