Never before have I been as sad over the passing of a filmmaker.

Words can't express the influence this film had on me when I first saw it, in my early teen years. My entire understanding of cinematic language and storytelling pretty much came from this one film.

And Kim Ki Duk made many more masterpieces along the way.

My first feature length film was inspired by this one in many ways, and especially now, it seems appropriate to acknowledge…

I truly felt like shit today.

A girl really like broke my heart. These things happen to everyone, of course, but it still messed me up. My confidence is far from the best otherwise, so when things like these happen: I really take a hit.

When I got home, devistated, I needed something to destract my thoughts. A movie was an obvious Choice.

I remember watching this film for the first time when I was about 15 years old. At…