Gosh, I'm curious about this movie, but I'm not sure if I can get past its icky premise...

This kind of makes me think of the Filipino drama of the same name. :-o But I guess it would just be a superficial resemblance.

I will not watch the trailer, and probably the movie as I will not be able to unsee it...

No, I'm catholic, so I won't be watching this. It is blasphemous and I'm sorry the Venice Film Festival is including this at all.

"...then can I go back in?" .. UH did I just saw what I saw in the trailer?! o.O

And to add to the shock reaction ... LJJ's ugly perm/crimped hair!!!!!

Well, this is just wrong on so many levels. I can't even name them all.

Not watching the trailer; definitely not watching the movie. I think I'll just stick with 3-Iron (one of my favorites), and, like others, I'm going to be getting back to Runaway and Bottom of the 9th, With 2 Outs. I love Lee Jung-jin, but I prefer him sweet and non-creepy, thankyouverymuch.

I was actually looking for this trailer about a week ago. Thanks for posting this.

Thank you!

omg... what is his name in the movie??? Cuz at 0:37, I definitely heard his name as Lee Kang-to. Idk, that's probably just me....

but *shivers*. This is probably going to be a great movie.... I just don't know if I can watch this kinda stuff... yeah, probably passing on this one... Yeah, this definitely reminds me of Oepdipus, but that one wasn't as bad because it wasn't like he KNEW....... I hope that was a fakeout, but i doubt it was. Yeah, as Betty said, what is seen cannot be unseen...

Sometimes directors go too far to make something different...It's sick

It's Kim Ki-duk allright - and I agree with you on your verdict of him and his films. I adore 3-Iron, but other films of his (The Isle) are on my never-ever-watch list. Arirang was okay, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring was alright as well (most people really love it) and Bimong I really want to see.

Pieta? Probably I'll end up watching it. I'll wait for reviews I think though I can't say I particularly like the premise.

Well, if Kim Ki-duk never makes another film that I love love love like 3-Iron, I don't mind... that film was all worth it.

That said, I do think Korea and the world needs filmmakers like him, who tell stories they want to tell rather than bowing to commercial pressures, critics, etc.

I love Kim Ki Duk, at least partly because I hate happy Hollywood movies. Also the sacrilegious poster makes me want to see it all the more .

I'm a big fan of Kim Ki-duk and Lee Jung-jin is seen far to seldom for me so it's a MUST watch for me and as the comment above me say i to hate Hollywood movies,happy or whatever

Shocking for the sake of being shocking;
Being repulsive in the name of art;
Going too far to show that he dares;
Being sacrilegious to stir up controversy;
Those are established strategies for some film-makers to garner attention, cultivate favor w critics, and to make a name for themselves.
Shame.

*whimper*
really creeped outright now i too need to watch runaway plan b again because i really do love LJJ but thsi is freaking me out...

"Some of his films are simply brilliant; the almost-wordless 3 Iron is my favorite. And then, sometimes I feel like he’s perverse for the sake of perverse—either deliberately provocative, or intentionally impenetrable under the banner of art. Ultimately I figure the world needs storytellers like Kim, but I don’t have to love all his stories."

JB, you hit the nail on the head and I completely agree -- although my view on KKD is perhaps slightly more positive. But count me as someone who doesn't mind creepy or disturbing themes (I just have to watch the movie alone!) I mean life can be creepy and disturbing, and even "normal" people have some pretty messed up stuff going on in their heads behind all the normalness, so why not explore those themes?

I havent watched all of Kim Ki-duk's movies, except for 3 Iron and Spring, summer, fall, winter....and spring.. I liked both the movies...they left me a thought provoking "Oh so this is also possible" kind of feeling.

whoa-ho, there's a doozy.

as for me, Incest and sacrilegious movies are awesome because these experiences are more real than romantic comedy movies. I will watch this.

lol I was watching the trailer and my face was like

-.- o.o 0.0 O.O @.@ "0_o'' Dafuq is this...

He's copying what they are doing in the Japanese dramas/anime/manga these days. I have to say that this would probably be old hat in Tokyo. If this creeps you out, you should definitely stay away from a lot of their stuff.

And can anyone remember back to 2009: Makenzie Phillips and her dad John Phillips??? Real life here people.

It's just too sad...

Everytime I find out it's a KKD film, I'm torn between "oh hell no - I don't wanna know" and "omg why do i neeeed to watch it?!"

Not my type of movie. Giving this a miss.

Can't decide from the trailer if this is something I would want to see or not. It certainly looks like parts will be uncomfortable to watch. On the other hand, sometimes those uncomfortable scenes in movies are essential to the storytelling and later there's a big payoff moment where you're like, 'Oh...*now* I get why I had to sit through that.' (Then again, sometimes they're just there for the shock factor, those are the kinds of scenes that I find really unnecessary and make me lose respect for the filmmaker.)

Of the director's works, I've only ever seen 3-Iron, which is a movie I absolutely love.

Despite the extreme squick factor, I might be interested in seeing this movie. If nothing else, it looks provoking.

Haha wow, nice to see Korea get on the incest boat after HBO started swimming in it (I actually liked that twist in Boardwalk Empire)

I pretty much agree with everything you said about KKD and his films. I'll probably be watching this, looks interesting.

See, if I never read the post prior to the trailer I wouldn't have thought anything "eww" because of the fact that I didn't understand the language. Without the context it comes off as a psychological type of movies that push the boundaries. Within the context there is that additional "eeww" factor about the movie but only enough to make my jaw drop but not be so squeaked out that I wouldn't watch it. It actually makes me interested in watching it because I am curious to how the dynamics of these characters reached these points in the trailer.

But I should note I have never seen a KKD film so I have no preconceived notions of his style or substance.

Maybe I'm jaded but I don't even find that shocking: You hear & see so many unthinkable things in the news these days... It's just ugly to look at and I will pass. Not my cup of tea.

i liked all kim ki duk movies i watched, ( i haven't seen arirang and pulsang dog yet)Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring, Samaritan Girl, 3-Iron, The Bow, Time, Breath, Dream all of the was great, some are greater(3-iron)
his movies are like puzzles that is challenging, sad and yet enjoyable to solve
but lately i srarted to feel the his characters' inability to communicate is a bit artificial, the worlds he creates are a bit forced, maybe i overdosed i don't know
the idea of incest is really hard to stomach but its not something that can stop a movie from being a good one
(see Incendies (2010), it left me breathless and empty but at the same time I knew i watched someting that needs to be watched, heard someting that needs to be said)
but i agree with JB's comment on KKD, like he’s being perverse for the sake of perverse, i feel like the incest part won't be an integral part of the story but something that can be left behind but added for the sake of shocking the audience
i am probably check this out years later when i feel like catching up with kim ki duk

Actually, this premise is quite tame compared to those of Greek literature. And I'm not even talking about the Oedipous trilogy. Take a look at Bacchae's "Medea" in which a mother kills her children for revenge; or even Homer's "Odyssey" where guises and deception are considered virtuous.

What makes such gruesome and downright cruel stories much more than their exterior is that, if composed well, it provokes us to widen our ways of thinking, to question the accepted "answers." Perhaps in "Medea," the mother had to kill her children in order to bring them back to life, and in the "Odyssey," perhaps Odysseus realized that one can only be honest by lying.

Even if this movie is for the sake of the chill factor, I am convinced it will create passionate responses from the movie-goers and fuel countless heated conversations.

Well as they say, "don't judge a book by its cover", I'm gonna give this piece a chance. I saw his other "tamer" works like 3-Iron, Time and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...Spring and they did not fail to deliver visually and intellectually. However, I have yet to see his other controversial films, e.g. The Isle, The Bow, Bad Guy. From what I've read, his works are actually not well-received in his country and I understand the reason why. Albeit the violent and disturbing content, his works are actually compelling but as one commenter had mentioned, they are not for the faint of heart.

I'm not one to be deeply offended easily even if I don't like what I see, but this is at the border... It's a little bit confounding to me that someone would put together the themes of Oedipus complex with clear visual imagery of the Pieta directly conjuring up the Virgin Mary and Jesus...

Worse than being offensive it's just bad and seems like the latest-and-greatest desperate attempt to "push the envelope"...right off a cliff.

The 800 pound gorilla that is not hiding at all, is that KKD is implying that we can look at the story and relationship of the virgin Mary and Jesus as artistic inspiration for an act of sexual depravity and the messed up story surrounding it. That. Is. All. Kinds. Of. Wrong. Not to mention the idea can't stand up to critique even if we were to accept it as something worthwhile.

There is nothing even remotely perverse about the Pieta, its subject matter, or the relationship of the Mary and Jesus...and to suggest so....ugh. Why?

I say all this obviously not having watched the movie, which I won't ever watch because, I don't have the patience for this. But it's still a valid critique. Shock for the sake of shock is not art. It's the opposite of art and shows a lack of imagination and judgement.

After writing all this, I think maybe I am offended. ugh.

I don't understand Korean but I still got sufficiently creeped out. This movie is beyond dark. *shivers*

If you're in the mood for creepy movies, skip this one and watch the Japanese movie Confessions.

I'm glad I didn't watch the trailer before reading. *sigh*

Accept the challenge and watch the trailer ....
Euww, creepy! *shudder*
Why the connection with religious symbol for something that is 'perverse just for the sake of perverse', imo ? Cause I see the incest act is done consciously, not unknowingly .
Well, I'll pass. Next movie, please...

The 1st pic is not blastphamoust it is a tablou of Michelangelo's marble sculpture called Pieta. It is actually very witty. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet%C3%A0_(Michelangelo) I reconized it right away. Take a look and you will see the similarites. This sculpture also was not well recieved at the time because of the sexual induendoes. So I'm as an art history nerd I like what he's done here!