Michael Hanake meets the Blair Witch Project in Kim Gok's Exhausted, a vicious kick in the pants to everyone in the audience, all in the name of "style." A man meets a mute woman, and as any reasonable person would do in such a situation, makes her his prostitute. But the pimping is the least of our problems. As we get exhausted by the grainy faux-16mm camerawork, the film gets increasingly deranged. The closest thing we get to a sympathetic character is the pimp, simply because he's got too much self-respect to fuck a mute whore. Everyone else is either a gory mess, or a gory mess in disguise. Even the prostitute, which even a thug like Lars von Trier would make likeable, comes off as a delirious scary woman whose shrieks strike like blows to the jugular.
Kim Gok has seemingly abandoned the Marxist critiques of his short films, going instead for mindless brutality which culminates in an endless bloody freak-show involving, among other things, a pair of scissors going where pairs of scissors should not go. In the middle of the bloodbath, we get an extended long take of the beaten prostitute's near-dead face, but it does not elicit sympathy or pity. In fact, images of the victim only make us shy away in shock. (Indeed, the extended sequence led to continuous walk-outs during the Pusan screening.) The long take invites us to stare, but it assumes we're as sadistic as the victimizer (and the film) is. Meanwhile the sound-effects (mostly a rumbling bassline that shakes the theater) pulsates with pure wickedness. With Hanake, shock creates reflection, which asks that we be critical. Here, we only want to escape. I suppose Exhausted has some virtues; the shots of drilling machines and factories provide a mesmerizing phallic backdrop to the pimp and prostitute's pursuits. But everything else hurts too much. At least Kim Ki-duk lets us breathe. Exhausted makes Bad Guy look like Lady and the Tramp. (asiaarts.ucla.edu)
3.5星。想起一则笑话，老夫妻看片，泪流满面。
末路英雄，武戏不错，其他中规中矩及格，为土方再加一星。想起了在北海道大学留学时，校门口前有一处标志：“土方岁三战死之处。”不胜唏嘘。
前段的复古质感和惊悚氛围真挺不错的，可惜后面进入高潮戏后反而崩了。创意好评。
文学性极强，甚至不惜插入大量旁白来让故事顺畅，可这种每个人在情感里都错付的苦情故事，在我看来真是无聊透顶，包括演员和没有台词的高良健吾都无亮点。
太吃川端康成的原作了，剧情主轴近乎完全依赖于旁白推进，极大程度削弱了演员及镜头带来的感染力。
驹子喜欢岛村，啊原来有喜欢行男，啊原来有喜欢叶子
描写没有看过的舞蹈，或者憧憬不曾有过爱情，又或那样绝望地恋慕一个幻影，如果这些都是徒劳，那人活于世本身，岂不也是一种徒劳，似杨千嬅所唱：真正得到有什么好 他有什么好 亦归于尘土
1.前一个小时基本是在铺垫，带点惊悚，情色辅助以及致敬经典恐怖片，后40分钟便开始大开杀戒，虐杀四方；2.如果让一部恐怖片带点文艺气息？其中一个办法就是让凶手在杀人之后，站在尸体前面独舞，这招在各种类型片里面都有效；3.面对各种虐杀镜头时，我一点也不害怕，当看到老头老妪鸾颠凤倒蜂狂蝶乱时，我害怕得转过了头。
蕞新版《雪国》电影！
奈绪很美，可是感觉人物支撑不够，可能是年代的韵味不足，前期我满脑子都是黑木华……其实想要剥解叶子更多的故事，可是日记解开之后驹子真的好热烈啊……
看这部小说时阅读能力还不强，这部电影将其中细腻的情感体现出来了，我觉得挺好
7好像避免不了细节还原但味道差得远 但还是会被奈绪的表演打动
租别人的房子拍AV不给屋主说，恶心。想到BBC纪录片办性派对的有一个说借朋友的豪宅办派对（不过那个屋主好像知道 但也很恶心）。老太太很能鲨，有劲。其实挺侮辱老年人的，不过现实里女性老年人挥这么有劲倒是好事。最恶心的莫过于摄影师，特别会PUA他女友，双标加伪善。摄影师女后面瞎说话乱跑简直是作死必备。斧头劈错门板方向简直着急，闪灵镜头2.制片人和摄影师在屋外对话那段，很真实再现了，他们内心瞧不起女人，又离不开女人，又瞧不起她们的心态。宗教。邪教。过于强调性。女演员是如何做到演毒虫就很像的，妆也像。女主和老太太是一个人。老年妆用力过猛了。复古风格。黑色公鸡和牛群，水里游泳，鳄鱼构图。鳄鱼是二位养的宠物么。洁癖看到那水反正是不会去游的，只想到寄生虫。配乐
看完就有凄惨的美的感受。
难得看到90分钟的日影~ 川端康成的故事原来这么哀伤 如果不是高桥一生和奈绪的话应该不会看这样的电影~ 高桥一生的角色是一个线索人物 着重讲述的其实是奈绪扮演的艺伎的故事 贫苦人家的女儿经历了卖身赎身 又尝尽了初恋的坎坷和背叛 实在是悲哀得很~ 不得不说奈绪的气质非常契合角色 含泪的眼睛给全片注入了灵魂 高桥一生外冷内热的特质也将角色诠释得很好~ 可惜影片不是自己喜欢的风格哈~
稀巴烂！稀巴烂是一种怎样的烂，就是连尖酸刻薄的俏皮话都懒得说的烂，又蠢又恶心
so fucking hard core and disturbing. the editing is creative while the sexual part is a turn-off.
超乎预料之好，几乎想要打五颗星（那就打了吧）。视听上营造的间离效果，错落的叙事，一切的一切，好像隔着雾无法将你触摸的徒劳。“爱人甚多，得失且过。”釜底抽薪的一句话
开始时，慢节奏，最后梳理了一下故事。有些事，是自己的想当然。有些事，复杂又清楚。
是徒劳吗？ 所以驹子爱的是行男吗？所以驹子的一生是徒劳吗？
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