tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post3533413725114970058..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: Lies and Rain: One step forward, two steps backmatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-41784102404166070362008-12-08T03:00:00.000+09:002008-12-08T03:00:00.000+09:00No, it's not the greatest movie, to be sure. The r...No, it's not the greatest movie, to be sure. The ruckuss it caused was more interesting than the movie itself. <BR/><BR/>Antti - thanks for the detective work... I guess audiences would still have to rely on the uncut US dvd... (if they wanted to).matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-91446657711464551222008-12-06T06:31:00.000+09:002008-12-06T06:31:00.000+09:00Not that it would not be possible that for example...Not that it would not be possible that for example the "full frontal" shots of the male lead in <I>Lies</I> would not be left uncut in the release, especially as the country sends abroad in promotional packages a film that has a scene of penis being skewered by a bamboo stick (Kim Ki-yeong's Ieo-do from 1977), but let me still be doubtful. Seoul Selection has the running time as 114 minutes, but <A HREF="http://www.bookpark.com/product/GoodDisplay.do?_method=detail&sc.shopNo=0000800000&sc.prdNo=201699283" REL="nofollow">a Korean online site</A> has the length as 102+11 (film, trailer, and 9:31 feature of the female lead in Cannes). And the "original" runnint time appears to be 112 minutes, if IMDB is to be believed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-78288529640751729882008-12-02T10:14:00.000+09:002008-12-02T10:14:00.000+09:00It's too bad that Lies isn't actually a very good ...It's too bad that Lies isn't actually a very good movie. To a non-Korean I guess it can be a window onto a rarely-glimpsed aspect of Korean society, but otherwise it isn't really worth watching.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com