thou shalt not conform when thou could blaze thy own path..

Running Wild

I'd never watch the film given a choice, but after obsessing over this particular actor due to watching My Tutor Friend, I came across this genre tat I'd never choose given a choice, but chose over a whole other load of reason.

Yet today I went to search on it's interview and found myself mesmerised over the storyline, which after watching it, I had concluded it's the film where the actor I was obsessing over was dirtiest and ugliest in.

There are some films tat would never make into the collection of a typical peace loving person, nor make a box office, or hav a high tendency to flop at the cinema, but why of why does it never stops enticing movie stars to take it on?

The scripts of course.

After reading the interviews and knowing the reason the movie was based on and reading some of the scenes that's memorable for the actors or director, I'd hav to say, I'd watch the movie again, but from the director's point of view.

I love a movie tat questions on human lives; the paradigm, the paradox, the irony..actually, truthfully, I'd rather read than watch it cos watching requires rewinding as spoken words are too fast for my brain to process.

Running Wild is for me, about how a man under pressure from life, turn him into the person he is. The straight sharp as a needle prosecutor turn into the beast of the policeman after being forced into a corner, told from a director's point of view where both the persecutor and the policeman can both b the one and the same person..told from a different point in life.

I'd never discuss this movie with a friend cos it's too raw, some emotions are meant to be felt and understood than talked over a cup of coffee or a drink or two, it's just too overwhelming to be described with just mere words.

Who are to say we wont be the beast if being forced into a situation? When a gun's being pointed at our love one's forehead or when there's no more road to turn to or nobody to ask for help?

It's a tough choice to make, anyone can break..at the end of the day, the thing that separates the man from the beast is just a mere thread of sanity that binds both of the animals apart.

It's hard to be impartial in this matter cos everyone is vulnerable,

Another thing tat I discovered at my age right now, is that men can be very passionate, almost as passionate as women about love and comedy and family, only they can be really quiet about it, but shows it to their utmost being when their principles or love ones are being threathened.

It's odd when one grows up, one's point of view changes, and their outlook on life changes with them. Till today, I've had had a lot of my principles shattered or replaced due to a new emotion or feelings or senario tat presented themselves to me.

Also I've discovered that from wat the director mentioned bout how the character in the movie :
"The biggest reason why I liked Wong Kar-Wai because he kept writing those characters his own way, even if he didn't really need to. In 'Running Wild', Oh Jin-Woo and Jang Do-Young could act differently, that's not the only card they have to play. But they end up picking the wrong one. Be it Do-Young's girlfriend or Jin-Woo's wife, or even Gang-Jin's friend... they just keep giving them that card. They never think of staying close to their mother, never regretting it later. or think of something else to do and find another way. No, even faced with a more intelligent way out, they keep using that card, thinking only of themselves. Their greed, and nothing else." - Kim

I'd like to give my opinion on tat; some may call it fate or smtg..but some ppl exudes a particular emotion or aura that makes everyone surrounds them to react in a way tat points to a tragic ending. I dun know why, but some ppl no matter who they are with, they exude a particular emotion tat makes the ppl surrounding them to behave in a specific way, regardless if the ppl surrounding them is a stranger whom they just met or old friends who can react differently with diff groups of ppl..I guess some ppl are born with tragedy written in their soul. Kinda sad and melancholy, but it's a matter of choice really. I'd prefer a comedic tragic end, kinda puts everything in the irony point of view, where ppl wouldn't know wat to behave; cry or laugh or both.

Here I leave u with a segment of an interview :

Q : You said the kind of circumstances the characters have to deal with are similar to what you experienced. Really?
Kim : When I was young, I wanted to be a director so much, I'd sneak out and go to theaters in secret. Just like Oh Jin-Woo, back then I had that desire to find success quickly, and even when I started working as assistant director in ??? (Trio) and ?? (Calla) I was a workaholic. But the situation at home was getting worse, with my mother falling ill, and without knowing anything about it, I ended up losing her. That's when I started to feel doubts about life, very strongly. While I was doing what I always wanted, I left the person I cared about the most alone. After that situation, the only thing left in me was anger. I wanted to abandon everything and find vengeance. When I kept focusing on my work, without ever looking at what was happening at home, I looked like Oh Jin-Woo; and you could also say when I lost my mother, from that moment on I started looking at life like Jang Do-Young. That's why in life sometimes you're put in situations when you can't help but let that instinct explode, like a beast.

Interview on Running Wild

"The only difference between Yoo Gang-Jin and Oh Jin-Woo is one page." - Kim on the characters in Running Wild

Labels: Motivation, Movie, Thoughts

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