In Reply to: Memories of Murder posted by Tony D. on October 8, 2007 at 12:56:40:
precisely because it eschewed all those little tricks we've come to expect from the genre.
The "expert" I thought brilliantly acted with subtle expressions and omissions telling more than any skilled Hollywood scene-chewing sleuth.
What especially worked for me was the incremental mounting of horror as the realization of how clever, brutal, and unstoppable the killer was gradually sunk in to both the police and us, the viewers.
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Follow Ups
- I think you're damning with faint praise! I found it very disturbing - tinear 13:49:07 10/08/07 (3)
- I agree with you as to the movie, but I do not think the original - Duilawyer 22:04:29 10/08/07 (2)
- Sorry if it reads as such, t'wasn't meant to be sarcastic at all. I just - tinear 05:01:26 10/09/07 (1)
- misuse of term "damning with" but who cares? - Duilawyer 06:25:22 10/09/07 (0)