(aka "Chihwaseon" or "Chi-hwa-seon" or "Painted Fire" or "Drunk on Women and Poetry")
directed
by Im Kwon-taek
South Korea 2002
Korean master Im Kwon-taek shared the best director prize at Cannes in 2002 for this old-fashioned, beautifully crafted biopic of painter Jang Seung-up... Jang's life provides more than enough drama and historical incident for this rich evocation of Korea's past; against the backdrop of Chinese and Japanese colonization, political reform, and popular revolt, his career as a rebel artist plays out in a brisk series of episodes, and this telegraphic narrative, with elegant ellipses separating precisely delineated moments, becomes a perfect analogue to his vibrantly impressionistic brushwork. ... Ultimately this triumph of cinematography and art direction, which translates easily into Western art-house fare, remains vulnerable to its own internal critique of art as commodity.
Excerpted from a review by Shelly Kraicer, full review HERE
Theatrical Release: May 10, 2002 - South Korea
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Kino - Region 0 - NTSC vs. Cinema Service (2 Disc) - Region 3 - NTSC
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| Runtime | 1:56:32 | 1:59:40 |
| Video |
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Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 5.80 mb/s NTSC 704x480 29.97 f/s |
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| Audio | Korean (Dolby Digital 2.0) |
Korean (Dolby Digital 5.1), Korean (DTS) |
| Subtitles | English (burned in) | English, Korean and none |
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Release Information: Studio: Kino Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 20
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Release Information: Studio: Cinema Service Aspect Ratio:
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2nd disc Extras have No English subtitles) Chapters 11+ |
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Hmmm... aside from the
obvious - that the anamorphic Cinema Service two disc DVD with 5.1 or
DTS sound is superior in just about every area than the Kino Region 0
NTSC - one of these DVD images is slightly skew. The Cinema Service DVD
looks slightly stretched to my eye - characters are appearing a little
longer and thinner than in the Kino side. Then again this may be
exaggerated as the Kino characters faces look a little fatter to me.
Unfortunately the Cinema Service DVD's 2nd disc of Extras have no
subtitles, but other than that I would say it is the definitive version
of this film on DVD right now. The Kino looks inordinately dark with an
occasional bluish tinge and much less sharp than the Region 3 DVD. The
CS image is slightly cropped on the left and top edges. Easy choice to
go with the Cinema Service, even with the negligibly elongated aspect
ratio.
NOTE: There is a "Wooden Box" Special Edition DVD version of this film from Cinema Service, but the transfer is the same as this one. |
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