Jeon Chanil

Jeon Chanil

Programmer, Korean Cinema, Busan IFF; film critic; guest professor, Department of Film & TV, Jeon-ju University
South Korea
Voted in the critics poll

Voted for:

4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days Cristian Mungiu
All About My Mother 1999 Pedro Almodóvar
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Ang Lee
Fear Eats the Soul 1974 Rainer Werner Fassbinder
General, The 1926 Buster Keaton
Housemaid, The 1960 Kim Ki-young
Million Dollar Baby 2004 Clint Eastwood
Mouchette 1966 Robert Bresson
Règle du jeu, La 1939 Jean Renoir
Seven Samurai 1954 Akira Kurosawa

Comments

La règle du jeu has been everything about cinema to me for the last 30 years or so... Seven Samurai’s dynamism! It’s the pinnacle of Kurosawa’s filmography and the best bridge between western and Asian cinema. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul is a creative and provocative remake. The face of the melodrama of the world gains a new meaning and dimension thanks to this film. The impact of the great work of art that is Millon Dollar Baby is how touching it is – much too touching. Respect to the living legend and film auteur! The climax reminds us once again of the emotional depth of the film medium. All About My Mother is sensually attractive, emotionally touching and intellectually insightful at the same time! It is really a rare example in the history of film. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon blurs the boundary between film art and entertainment. Film entertainment becomes film art and film art becomes film entertainment... The General is the greatest film comedy and definitely evidence of the Cinema of Attraction. The Housemaid is the definitive masterpiece of Korean film – its mise en scène, especially, makes us gasp despite more than 50 years on. Bresson’d Mouchette is the summation of film minimalism and an example of the transcendental aspect of film. Finally, 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days - this is and should be the Film Realism.