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• Kim is utterly dreadful. Seek out Tony Rayns's spot-on thrashing of him. -nt- - Donald 02:23:18 12/08/05 (4)
  In Reply to: "Bad Guy" by Kim Ki-Duk posted by Jon L on December 8, 2005 at 02:16:39:

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  • And then there's the even better trashing of Rayns' trashing - sjb 11:42:02 12/08/05 (1)
    In Reply to: Kim is utterly dreadful. Seek out Tony Rayns's spot-on thrashing of him. -nt- posted by Donald on December 8, 2005 at 02:23:18:

    Including...

    Rayns has made his position clear - only people who don't know anything about Asian cinema would embrace Kim Ki-duk. Where this leaves Asian critics who admire him, and programme him into their film festivals, and the Asian audiences who admire his work, I have no idea...

    In his absurd confidence about his own superiority in 'the strange case of Kim Ki-duk', Rayns seems to have developed his own "blind spot" when it comes to his accusations about Kim. Claims that Kim is just a cynical manipulator of controversy and that the festivals that programme him are looking for a cheap thrill - are all charges that could so easily be levelled at Rayns fave Takashi Miike.

    So it all comes down to personal opinion, and with Kim we just have to agree to disagree. But the article left a sour taste. As a critique it doesn't convince, and its main argument - that Kim has somehow fooled people into believing his terrible films are good - reveals that Rayns' target isn't actually Kim himself, but rather all the critics, curators, programmers, juries and audiences who have apparently committed the ultimate, unforgiveable mistake. They didn't listen to Tony.

    
    
    

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    • Miike: now THERE'S a strange taste... nt - tinear 13:12:04 12/08/05 (0)
      In Reply to: And then there's the even better trashing of Rayns' trashing posted by sjb on December 8, 2005 at 11:42:02:

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  • Why should we take one critic as having the ultimate word? The "seasons" - tinear 05:29:35 12/08/05 (1)
    In Reply to: Kim is utterly dreadful. Seek out Tony Rayns's spot-on thrashing of him. -nt- posted by Donald on December 8, 2005 at 02:23:18:

    movie I found very powerful.
    
    

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    • Well, one shouldn't automatically take any one critic's word on anything. - Donald 19:34:36 12/08/05 (0)
      In Reply to: Why should we take one critic as having the ultimate word? The "seasons" posted by tinear on December 8, 2005 at 05:29:35:

      But Rayns is particularly astute, especially on Asian cinema, and his observations on Kim strike me as being right on the money.
      
      

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