Memories of Murder
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Review by givemeallyougot

Memories of Murder

2003
★★★★★

Rewatched 16 Dec 2024

I don't understand movies. I saw Memories of Murder over a year ago. I thought it was really good and the last shot was haunting. Now I started to have goosebumps much before the end and almost cried at the last shot.
I liked it much more overall this time around, from start to finish. It isn't too heavy, it has its funny/over the top moments, but when it turns heavy it's really damn heavy. The scene of the little girl and the woman walking in the woods is pure horror and masterful suspense.
The cinematography is so perfectly gloomy. Everything looks black: leaves, the city, light, flowers are dim. Even in those shots with the beautiful yellow grass it feels dark.
Bong Joon-ho first tries as best as he can to put you in the spot of the victim, then makes you look straight in the eye of a serial killer, and lastly it's him directly to stare in his eyes.

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