Friday, July 24, 2009

Chihwaseon aka Painted Fire (2002) - Im Kwon-taek

A Korean period film about a painter from humble origins, his struggle to keep painting according to his vision and not commissioned works that please people. Excellent visuals; replete with aphorisms about art. Won the best director award at Cannes 2002.

The paintings are quite sumptuous and the film is worth watching even for their sake alone. One of his paintings:


And another:

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