Circular Reasoning

Play, Pause, Restart

Last Wednesday in Signs and Wonders, we watched a film called "Poetry". To be honest, I had absolutely no idea what to expect.

One of the things I found different but EXTREMELY enjoyable was the way that the movie made full circle. Rather then being like most American movies of which travel in a "straight line"of events and end in a new place, this Korean film ended looking over the river, and had the little girl (who committed suicide at the beginning by jumping off of the bridge) looking back from atop the bridge.

Although it was not the happiest movie in the world, I do not think it could of ended more perfectly. It ended where it began, and for me, caused my mind to rethink the story. This is something that I miss in American film. I love the aspect "past event" b-roll with "current event" dialogue, and I felt it added a lot to the film. I do not want to say too much, because anyone reading this should see the movie. It was DEFINITELY worth the two hours of subtitles (and the technical difficulties) we experienced.