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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.
"Where are we going? And what am I doing in this hand basket?"
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Follow Ups
- And then there's the even better trashing of Rayns' trashing - sjb 11:42:02 12/08/05 (1)
- Miike: now THERE'S a strange taste... nt - tinear 13:12:04 12/08/05 (0)
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