MichaelHanakemeetstheBlairWitchProjectinKimGoksExhausted,aviciouskickinthepantstoeveryoneintheaudience,allinthenameofstyle.Amanmeetsamutewoman,andasanyreasonablepersonwoulddoinsuchasituation,makesherhisprostitute.Butthepimpingistheleastofourproblems.Aswegetexhaustedbythegrainyfaux-16mmcamerawork,thefilmgetsincreasinglyderanged.Theclosestthingwegettoasympatheticcharacteristhepimp,simplybecausehesgottoomuchself-respecttofuckamutewhore.Everyoneelseiseitheragorymess,oragorymessindisguise.Eventheprostitute,whichevenathuglikeLarsvonTrierwouldmakelikeable,comesoffasadeliriousscarywomanwhoseshrieksstrikelikeblowstothejugular.KimGokhasseeminglyabandonedtheMarxistcritiquesofhisshortfilms,goinginsteadformindlessbrutalitywhichculminatesinanendlessbloodyfreak-showinvolving,amongotherthings,apairofscissorsgoingwherepairsofscissorsshouldnotgo.Inthemiddleofthebloodbath,wegetanextendedlongtakeofthebeatenprostitutesnear-deadface,butitdoesnotelicitsympathyorpity.Infact,imagesofthevictimonlymakeusshyawayinshock.(Indeed,theextendedsequenceledtocontinuouswalk-outsduringthePusanscreening.)Thelongtakeinvitesustostare,butitassumeswereassadisticasthevictimizer(andthefilm)is.Meanwhilethesound-effects(mostlyarumblingbasslinethatshakesthetheater)pulsateswithpurewickedness.WithHanake,shockcreatesreflection,whichasksthatwebecritical.Here,weonlywanttoescape.IsupposeExhaustedhassomevirtues;theshotsofdrillingmachinesandfactoriesprovideamesmerizingphallicbackdroptothepimpandprostitutespursuits.Buteverythingelsehurtstoomuch.AtleastKimKi-dukletsusbreathe.ExhaustedmakesBadGuylooklikeLadyandtheTramp.(asiaarts.)如果您喜欢九州影院(www.c3dsee.com)分享的《枯竭》,别忘了推荐给你的好友!
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