2013 Directed by Park Chan-wook
After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
慾謀, 私房吓, 欲谋, 스토커, Tajemství rodiny Stokerů
Does for belts, sand castles, staircases, pianos, pencils, pencil sharpeners, ice cream, freezers, phone booths, shoes, duck hunts, dinner, garden shears, shovels, metronomes, and showers what Psycho did for showers.
At 98 minutes, this is my dream length of movie. I have said it all my life.
After leaving this screening, and using the facilities, I could quite easily have jumped straight back in to watch the whole movie again. That doesn't happen to me often.
Stoker is phenomenal.
It's as dreamy as it is taught. As beautiful as it is horrific. It's The Tree of Life with A screenplay. An outstanding screenplay at that. It has been said that the director Park Chan-Wook has made a Hitchcock movie. You can't make a Hitchcock movie without a Hitchcock screenplay, and Wentworth Miller and Erin Cressida have made one. It's my favourite scenplay in recent memory. It keeps enough under wraps…
Tonight, India joins the hunt.
Gothic, surreal, unsettling, and of course, tremendously gorgeous. Not surprising since I expect nothing less from the master Park Chan Wook. A frame is always connected to the next, transition between scenes are so smooth they're almost invisible. Every shot seems to have a life of its own. Instead of being a medium to carry the plot, they gracefully became the story itself. Mia Wasikowska gave her best and so does everyone else. Without a single doubt, I say Stoker is as good as an English debut gets.
things Stoker invented:
- the word "hello"
- freezers
- blood splatter
- slow fades
- piano duets
- garden shears
- visual ingenuity
- saddle shoes
(this film only gets better and better when you rewatch it)
I’ve noticed a recent personal trend of being out of step with public and critical opinion. It’s certainly not a case of becoming contrarian or even more difficult to please in my old age but I am finding it harder to enjoy some modern films in the way so many other people clearly are. Unfortunately, Chan-wook Park’s Stoker is another one to add to this growing list of recent disappointments.
Maybe my contrasting view this time around is a little less surprising as I have always had a volatile relationship with Park’s films of either utter devotion (Oldboy, Thirst etc.) or deep loathing (Lady Vengeance, I’m a Cyborg...). The key differentiating factor between these sets of films is a robust…
Park Chan-wook ist mein Lieblingsregisseur aus Südkorea, der mir mit einigen Werken schon das Schauen von Filmen versüßt hat. Egal ob mit "Joint Security Area" oder "Die Taschendiebin": Er packt mich mit seinen Geschichten und seinem Stil immer wieder. Mit Stoker hatte er jedoch im Jahr 2013 sein US-Debüt, welches bei Filmliebhabern stets als Geheimtipp gehandelt wird. Optisch, sowie auditiv bewies er dabei definitiv ein besonderes Händchen!
In "Stoker" geht es um India Stoker, welche ihren Vater bei einem Unfall verloren hat und zusammen mit ihrer Mutter Evelyn in einem Haus wohnt. Stark pubertär hat es ihre Mutter nicht leicht mit ihr, obwohl sie eigentlich eine ganz besondere Gabe besitzt: Sie kann extrem gut hören, besser, als alle anderen Menschen…
a weak, predictable plot but worth watching because it's so damn weird and beautifully shot. an all time great performance from nicole kidman
That time when the band sneaks in a cover song, and you just want them to get back to original material.
SIGHT & SOUND ENHANCE CLASSICAL STORY
The best Stylist Directors use all of the Elements of Film to Create and Transcend Movies and present an Elevated Multi-Faceted Entertainment.
This is an example. Taking the Classical Story, Coming of Age Rage and Muting it with Serene Scenes with Limited Dialog Enhanced by a Poetic Visual Maximum.
Hitchcock's “Shadow of a Doubt” (1943) is the Homage with a Dash of a Physical, Emotional, and Chilling representation of Norman Bates and then there's the Suspense You can Cut with a Knife, or in this case any convenient Weapon lying around. At work here is a Belt, Rock, Rifle, Gardening Shears, and more.
It is a Subtle, Quiet, Violent, Psycho-Sexual Story. The Soundtrack, both Musically…
If you know what you’re getting into with Park Chan-Wook, I recommend this. Otherwise be careful. He makes disturbing films.
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