Oasis (2002)
Directed by Lee Chang-dong
A young man released from prison visits the widow of the man he killed drunk-driving and becomes infatuated with his cerebral palsy-stricken daughter.
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Only a true artist could have made films such as Secret Sunshine (2007) and Oasis (2002), filled with scenes that have stayed lodged in my mind.
The films of Lee Chang-dong (“ Peppermint Candy ”, “ Oasis ”, “ Poetry ”), one of the most esteemed filmmakers from South Korea, are usually layered in a way that requires some patience from the viewer.
His previous four films—Peppermint Candy (1999), Oasis (2002), Secret Sunshine (2007), and Poetry (2010)—represent the crown jewels of modern South Korean cinema, exhibiting such rich investment in psychology and milieu that one gains tremendous insight not only into the characters, but into the society they inhabit.
A slow-burn masterful adaptation by South Korean writer-director Chang-dong Lee (“Poetry”/”Oasis”) of Haruki Murakami’s absorbing mystery short story entitled “Barn Burning.”
In this sense, Jongsu seems to live in the same liminal headspace as the protagonists of Lee’s earlier films: the daydreamers in Oasis (2002), the grief-stricken Christian convert in Secret Sunshine (2007), and the demential grandmother in Poetry (2010).
But he does maybe put up a real fight to be considered one of the most important filmmakers from that nation - he directed 2002's Oasis, the individual film most responsible for thrusting Korean cinema into the international spotlight.
Bong Joon-ho has been a brand-name director among cinephiles since 2006's monster movie-cum-domestic drama The Host , and South Korean cinema's ongoing golden age has been around for even longer, at least as far back as 2002's Oasis, directed by Lee Chang-dong.