I'm a cyborg, but that's OK
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | I'm a cyborg, but that's OK |
| Original title | Saibogeujiman kwenchana |
| Country of production | South Korea |
| original language | Korean |
| Publishing year | 2006 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Park Chan-wook |
| script |
Jeong Seo-Gyeong , Chan-wook Park |
| music | Jo Yeong-wook |
| camera | Jeong Jeong-hun |
| cut |
Kim Jae-beom , Kim Sang-beom |
| occupation | |
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I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK ( Hangeul 싸이 보그 지만 괜찮아 Saibogeujiman kwenchana ) is a South Korean feature film from 2006.
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Young-goon, who assembles radios in a factory, thinks she is a cyborg . She refuses to eat and instead electrifies herself by plugging directly into an electrical outlet to recharge her batteries. She is then sent to the insane asylum. Since Young-goon has promised her mother not to talk about her secret, the doctors interpret her behavior as an attempted suicide. Young-goon talks to machines and neon lights, does not eat and tries to fill up with electrical energy. She probably got the lack of reference to reality from her grandmother, who was admitted by the "white men" because she thought she was a mouse and only ate radish.
The young Il-sun, who likes to mask himself and is considered anti-social, considers himself a master thief who can make himself invisible and steal the character traits of his fellow patients. Young-goon asks him to steal her sympathy so that she can take revenge on the white men for her grandmother. Young-goon fantasizes about slaughtering the carers and doctors with weapons sticking out of their bodies.
Il-sun, who loves Young-goon, worries about the girl's unstable health. After receiving an electric shock, she believes her batteries are charged, but in truth Young-goon is on the verge of starvation. Il-sun saves her life when he supposedly installs a “rice megatron”, a device that converts food into electrical energy.
With Il-sun's help as a lip reader, Young-goon can also decipher the recurring dream in which the grandmother tells her through her mouth the purpose for which Young-goon was constructed. With the knowledge gained that Young-goon was apparently a nuclear bomb, the two go to a hill during a thunderstorm to detonate Young-goon with a lightning bolt. The film ends with sunrise the next morning, the couple is safe.
Remarks
Comment from the director Park Chan-wook at the Berlinale 2007 : "Love is to accept the other as he is."
Reviews
“... the most enchanting love scene that has been shown in a Berlinale competition for a long time: In the boiler room of the psychiatry, between panting, steaming and - above all - pink hot water pipes, he cuts a door in her back and reaches deep inside her : to where the most delicate gears turn. "
"The film is an unlikely, often surreal and sometimes poignant love story in pastel colors, and Park Chan-wook's cool, stylized staging is more compassionate for his damaged protagonists than in the films, which are well-tempered."
“With ' Oldboy ' and the other films in his revenge trilogy, Chan-wook Park created studies of violence full of radical ruthlessness. With this magical, bizarre tragic comedy about the essence of being human, the South Korean director can also strike delicate tones. Young-gun, a young assembly line worker, is sent to an institution because she thinks she is a cyborg. How patient Il-sun tries to get in touch with her, Park packs into wonderfully playful scenes - a sensual festival for an audience who likes to experiment. "
Awards
In 2007 the film competed for the Golden Bear at the Berlinale and was awarded the Alfred Bauer Prize .
Web links
- I'm a Cyborg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Matthias Heine: Amelie in the nice Asian madhouse . Die Zeit, January 16, 2008.
Individual evidence
- ↑ I'M A CYBORG, BUT THAT'S OK on cinema.de
- ↑ Awards of the Berlinale 2007 , accessed on April 29, 2017.