The Good, the Bad, the Weird
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Good, the Bad, the Weird |
| Original title | 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈 (Jo-eun nom, nappeun nom, isanghan nom) |
| Country of production | South Korea |
| original language | Korean |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 139 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kim Jee-woon |
| script | Kim Jee-woon, Kim Min-suk |
| production | Kim Jee-woon, Choi Jae-won |
| music |
Dalparan , Jang Yeong-gyu |
| camera | Lee Mo-gae |
| cut | Nam Na-yeong |
| occupation | |
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The Good, the Bad, the Weird (original title: 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈, Jo-eun nom nappeun nom isanghan nom) is a South Korean western from 2008 by Kim Jee-woon . The lead roles were played by Jung Woo-sung ( The Good ), Lee Byung-hun ( The Bad ) and Song Kang-ho ( The Strange ). The film is inspired by Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western Two Glorious Scoundrels (original title: Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo , 1966) with Clint Eastwood , Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach .
action
The Manchuria in the 1930s: The Poor ( The Bad ), a bandit and assassin is hired to steal the treasure map to a Japanese official who is traveling on a train through the desert. However, he is The Curious ( The Weird ) ago. The bad guy derails the train, whereupon the card is thrown from the wagon. The Good ( The Good ), a wily bounty hunter appears and claimed the reward of the wicked. The strange one seizes the opportunity and flees.
A horde of Manchurian bandits also want to steal the card to sell in the ghost market. The strange man hopes to unravel the puzzles on the map, believing it will lead him to gold and riches that were buried by the Qing Dynasty before its fall. In the further course the fighting escalated; Bounties are suspended and increased. Meanwhile, the Imperial Japanese Army is trying to get the map back, as it appears to be able to save the Japanese Empire.
After a series of lavishly staged fights, the conflict leads to a final chase in which the Japanese army, the Manchurian bandits, the good (who is now also interested in the map) and the bad all chase the strange at the same time. The Japanese army kills most of the Manchurian bandits. The good guy in turn kills many of the Japanese soldiers and sets off an explosion that drives away more soldiers. The bonds of the wicked are gradually being decimated, and he himself kills those who want to give up.
Ultimately, only the bad, the good and the weird reach the place where the treasure is supposed to be buried. However, they only discover a hole in the ground covered with boards. At that moment the bad person recognizes the so-called finger chopper in the strange man , a bandit who had cut off his finger in a fight a few years earlier: the same man the good thought was the bad one.
Suddenly realizing, all three turn their weapons on each other in a final act of revenge for the injuries they have suffered. After a long Mexican standoff , they shoot each other down. While they are all three bleeding in the sand, a large fountain of oil suddenly shoots out of the hole for which they fought to the death.
The good survives, as does the strange, whose bounty continues to increase. A new hunt through the Manchurian desert begins.
background
Attempts to revive the genre of the western usually showed distorting genre overlaps, such as Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain (2005) or the television series Deadwood (2004-2006). The Good, the Bad, the Weird pays tribute to spaghetti westerns contrast, in its pure form and can be incorporated as Korean response to the Japanese film Sukiyaki Western Django by Takashi Miike be seen as "Japan's first true Western" was marketed. At the same time, he draws parallels to post-western adventure film series such as Mad Max or Indiana Jones . Kim Jee-woon is relocating the Wild West to Manchuria, following the tradition of the “Manchurian Western”, which was a flourishing genre in Korea in the 1960s. The revival of the western is thus also an attempt to revive a classic genre of Korean cinema.
Alternative versions
Two different versions of the film were produced, one for the Korean and one for the international market. The Korean theatrical version is 136 minutes long, the international version is only 129 minutes long. The Korean version has a slightly more optimistic ending, in which it is shown that The Good and The Strange survive the final showdown and escape. The strange one sets out again to find the treasure and is vengefully pursued by the good guy. The ending of the international version is the one preferred by director Kim Jee-woon.
In the version that was shown in British cinemas, another five seconds are missing which, according to the instructions of the British Board of Film Classification , had to be cut out due to a violation of animal welfare regulations in film productions.
Publications
The Good, The Bad, The Weird premiered out of competition at the Cannes International Film Festival on May 24th, 2008 and opened in South Korea's cinemas on July 17th. It has also been shown at a number of other festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival , Hawaii International Film Festival , Sitges Film Festival , Chicago International Film Festival and the London Film Festival . The film opened in Germany in 2009 and in the USA in 2010 in a small selection of cinemas. The film was released on DVD on March 11, 2009.
reception
Gross profit
The Good, the Bad, the Weird grossed just under $ 130,000 in North America and over $ 44 million worldwide. This is offset by production costs of 17 million US dollars. This makes the film the second most successful Korean film after Speedy Scandal (2008), followed by The Chaser (also in 2008).
criticism
The film received mostly positive reviews. Kim Jee-woon makes “the Western his own” and mixes “playfully European with Asian elements”, whereby his work reminds less of Tarantino than of “the lively films by Danny Boyle ”. The film is "perfectly set up, [...] staged with virtuosity and elegantly put together", but not a real classic. The three protagonists lack the screen charisma. Jung Woo-Shung ( The Good ) and Lee Byung-Hun ( The Bad ) in particular give their characters a "perfectly animated, impressively beautiful" impression, which does not, however, go beyond that of comic characters. In contrast, Song Kang-Ho ( The Strange ) would play “without the theatrical exaggerations of some of his predecessors, but with a similar intensity”. The richness of detail in the sets, which are "excellently choreographed by Jeong Du-hong" and the camera work by Lee Mo-Gae, are also praised. The camera is one of the virtues of film, for example in the scene at the ghost market: “Confusing, over-rapid movements through the jumble of huts and at the same time a camera that constantly stabilizes the viewer's gaze. A breathtaking exchange between overwhelming confusion and comprehensibility of perspective succeeds. "
Other voices accuse the film of its speed and superficiality: “The story that is told, the characters that act in it and the meaning that the whole thing has - they are ultimately of no importance […]; The main thing is that it pops, moves and looks cool! ”The film tries to“ hide the elaborately staged nothing of an initial idea ”with its“ noise ”and, with its“ hyperkinetic-hysterical hybrid of quotations ”, cannot do anything about them actual historical circumstances to convey something about the Korean subgenre of the Manchurian western that they inspired. Instead, the film results in “endless firing, zooming and panning. Mixed with misogyny and sadism [this does not result] in a western, but apparently [t] cynicism disguised as coolness, which betrays the genre. "
Awards and nominations
Asian Film Awards 2009
- Award in the Best Supporting Actor category for Jung Woo-sung
- Nominated in the categories
- Best Actor for Song Kang-ho
- Best Supporting Actor for Lee Byung-hun
- Best Director for Kim Jee-woon
- Best movie
- Best camera for Lee Mo-gae
- Best composer for Dalparan and Jang Young-gyu
- Best visual effects for KIM Wook
Sitges Film Festival 2008
- Award in the categories
- Best Director for Kim Jee-woon
- Best special effects for Do-Ahn Jung
- Nomination in the category
- Best movie
Blue Dragon Awards 2008
- Award in the categories
- Best Director for Kim Jee-woon
- Favorite film
- Best camera for Lee Mo-gae
- Best Artistic Direction for Jo Hwa-seong
- Nomination in the categories
- Best Actor for Lee Byung-hun
- Best Actor for Song Kang-ho
- Best movie
- Best music for Dalparan and Jang Young-Gyu
- Best lighting for Oh Seung-Chul
- Technical award for DTI
Hawaii International Film Festival 2008
- Maverick Award for Kim Jee-woon
- Best Supporting Actor for Jung Woo-sung
Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2008
- Winner of the Cinematography Achievement Award for Lee Mogae
- Nominated for the Award for Achievement in Direction for Kim Jee-woon
Web links
- The Good, the Bad, the Weird in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Good, the Bad, the Weird in the Korean Movie Database
- The Good, the Bad, the Weird at Hancinema
- The Good, the Bad, the Weird at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- The Good, the Bad, the Weird at Metacritic (English)
- Comparison of the Cut Versions International Version - Korean Version , International Version BBFC 15 - International Version of The Good, the Bad, the Weird at Schnittberichte.com
Remarks
- ↑ This refers to former performer stereotypical drunkard in Western, about Toshiro Mifune in Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai and Yojimbo , Walter Brennan in the classic spaghetti westerns or Eli Wallach in Bad and the Ugly .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for The Good, the Bad, the Weird . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2009 (PDF; test number: 117 072 V).
- ↑ Interview with Kim Jee-woon ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in electric sheep magazine on February 1, 2009. Accessed August 30, 2013.
- ↑ a b c d Duel for three . ZEIT ONLINE, July 30, 2009. Accessed August 30, 2013.
- ↑ a b The Good, The Bad, The Weird ( Memento of the original from March 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Arte, August 21, 2008. Author: Nana AT Rebhan. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
- ↑ a b c Through wild Manchuria . Der Tagesspiegel, August 1st, 2009. Author: Sebastian Handke. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
- ^ The Good, the Bad, the Weird in the British Board of Film Classification
- ↑ The Good, The Bad, The Weird on festival-cannes.com . Retrieved August 30, 2013.
- ↑ Release information in the IMDB . Retrieved August 30, 2013.
- ↑ The Good The Bad and The Weird Finally Arrives On DVD ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at twitchfilm.com ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved August 30, 2013.
- ^ The Good, the Bad, and the Weird (2008) . In: Box Office Mojo . Internet Movie Database . Retrieved November 9, 2010.
- ↑ This is a betrayal of the genre . Berliner Zeitung, July 30, 2009. Author: Alexandra Seitz. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
