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Hypnotized (aka: A Faceless Beauty): Special Digipak Edition (2 Disc Set)
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Audio Format: DD 5.1 Surround, DD 2.0 Stereo Video Format: Widescreen 2.35:1 (Anamorphic) Languages: Korean Subtitles: English, Korean Region Code: ALL Year Made: 2004 Running Time: 101 / 97
 Why is Suk-won so obsessed with Ji-su? He also has a wounded heart because his wife died after having An Affair with a colleague. In other words, his past relationships have already been shattered, and the encounter with Ji-su, who was similarly hurt, seems to fuel his unrepressible desire for companionship and affection.
The plot is somewhat difficult to follow, since director Kim In-sik ornately mixes reality and fantasy. But stylistically, the film achieves some cinematic breakthroughs. Images that evoke gloominess and uneasiness abound: A long hall at the hospital, a short running track at the gym, a claustrophobic underground parking lot.
A Fatal love story between a psychiatrist and a woman who has a wounded heart.
Ji-su who has a borderline personality disorder feels a strange emptiness and tries to commit suicide. At the hospital she meets a psychiatrist, Suk-won. Suk-won feels compassion for her but fails to give her any help. 1 year later, Suk-won accidentally meets Ji-su and finds out that she still needs help. This time, they start to meet not in a doctor/patient relationship but as friends. In this new relationship with Suk-won, Ji-su slowly starts to cure the deep wound from her past. However, Suk-won is too much into Ji-su and now, he can't live without her. His obsession for Ji-su becomes so extreme that when Ji-su decides to leave him, his love drives him to a dangerous edge..
Symbolic images also are found in Suk-won's room at the hospital, which is decorated by just a couple of black-and-white photos and a bare-branched tree. "Do you usually reveal your loneliness like this?" Ji-su asks.
Hypnosis is also an important symbol. Reality is portrayed as extremely barren and dreary. The neon signs of a huge, bustling city shower meaninglessness upon the characters. The only way to escape this painful space is hypnosis, which has long been associated with a supernatural power to transcend the mundane world.
But the reliance on hypnosis generates a dilemma. Suk-won's uncontrollable wish to be loved by Ji-su is fulfilled only when he uses hypnosis. In reality, his life remains shattered, and love still unattainable. "It's all the more painful because I know she and I are now living under the same sky," Suk-won says. Yes, they live on the same earth, but he finds no way to communicate his love properly.
One illustration of this broken communication channel comes from mobile Phones. After Suk-won's wife dies, he receives voice messages left for her by her secret lover, who has no knowledge she is dead. The lover keeps calling, and using her handset Suk-won keeps listening to these tortuous one-sided communications.
Mobile Phones are supposedly interactive, but they can be crippling for those in ill-fated relationships. When there is no longer love or affection, calls go unanswered and voice messages are deleted without even being played.
Since one can readily check whether the recipient is responding to one's desperate calls for attention, mobile Phones can deal a consuming blow to those who have lost their lovers.
``Olgulopnun Minyo (Hypnotized)'' is a psychosexual drama that is as beautifully flawed as the mental state of its terminally sad characters. The film takes a highly experimental approach to storytelling that, when it works, feels like you're being enveloped in another person's madness. When it doesn't, however, the film turns into a frustrating and confusing movie-going experience.
``Hypnotized'' is directed by Kim In-sik, who has made huge strides as a filmmaker since debuting with ``Road Movie'' two years ago. Kim shows surprising confidence in his manipulation of imagery and mood as he maps out his characters' descent into insanity.
The film also boasts standout performances by the leads, particularly Kim Hye-soo. Though the media has talked more about Kim's nude scenes _ the first in her career _ her complex portrayal of Jin-su, a woman grappling with insanity, should be remembered when awards are handed out at the end of the year.
The film begins with a beautifully hallucinatory scene with the woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown. In a darkened room, Jin-su stands as if in a dream surrounded by floating household objects, which, like her fragile consciousness, suddenly come crashing down all around her.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary by Kim Hye-Su
- Audio Commentary by Director and Critic
- Production Notes
- Production Design
- Trailers
- Music Video
- Two Diffent Views
- Behind the Scenes
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