| | Isle DVD (1 Customer Review)
| Category | Foreign Films DVDs, Thriller Movies, Suspense Videos, Violence, Criminals, Prostitutes, Rape, Korean, Sadomasochism (S&M) | | Starring | Jae Hyun Cho, Hang-Seon Jang, Suh Jung, Yoosuk Kim, Seong-Hee Park | | Director | Kim Ki-Duk | | Screenwriter | Kim Ki-Duk |
Bio/Filmographies; English Subtitles The eerily beautiful photography and melodic musical score of THE ISLE stand in odd contrast to the brutal horror story it tells. On the serene surface of a secluded bay float a series of candy-colored fishing houses, rented to men who seek an escape. The owner and operator of the village is a mute woman with a row boat who delivers her guests to their floating rooms, and sells them bait, food, coffee, prostitutes, and occasionally her own body. The men mistreat her, and her wounded spirit haunts the lake. At first subtle and secretive, but increasingly more bold and direct, the mute woman enacts unexpected violence upon the men. For example, when one client is leaning out over the dock to defecate into the lake, she swims up behind him, pulls him under the water, and stabs him. The blurred, partially submerged camerawork suggests that the woman is disembodied while committing these acts, as if unrealized hatred is surfacing within her to inspire her actions. Real trouble arrives in the form of a man who is hiding out from the law. He rents the yellow fishing house closest to shore and contemplates suicide. A sadomasochistic chemistry develops between this unhappy man and the mute woman and their relationship facilitates a series of extremely violent sex and mutilation scenes which ultimately bring THE ISLE to its disturbing conclusion. Theatrical Release: September 2000 (Toronto Film Festival)
August 23, 2002 (NYC)
Isle Reviews: "...On the social plain, the movie is a surreal evocation of the Darwinian struggle for dominance within South Korea's lower class..."-- Stephen Holden, New York Times "The film shimmers on the surface -- it's as visually pleasing as SPRING, SUMMER..."
-- David Cox, Uncut
This is the only Jae Hyun Cho video. Stars also making their debut in this video: Hang-Seon Jang, Yoosuk Kim, Seong-Hee Park. Isle | List Price | $29.95 (You save $8.46) | | Studio | First Run Features | | Orig Year | 2002 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  20566  | | CD Universe Part number | 5732238 | | Catalog number | 910637 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 20, 2003 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 89 Minutes | | Additional Info | Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Subtitled |
Isle DVD Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen -
1.85
Additional Release Material:
Music Video
Bonus Footage: Behind the Scenes
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Interviews:
1. Kim Ki-Duk
2. Cast Interviews
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