Glad you liked my review. Yeah, when I love a film, I really love it. I have a certain group of movies that I keep going back to for repeat viewing. The films that speak strongly in a visual language and have an almost musical, hypnotic cadence to them (I am a musician) - that are more open-ended and poetic - those are the ones I tend to go back to frequently - and I also love the surreal. For me the ultimate of this kind of movie might be Andrei Tarkovsky's "Andrei Rublev", which is completely different (and much more serious-minded) than "Stoker", but it speaks in a powerful visual language - it's not about the rational, or a linear narrative; it's sensual and atmospheric. Of course more mainstream movies can obviously be great, too, but I think they're often ones that mostly reveal themselves in the first viewing - and, definitely, they're far less divisive. "Stoker" has a great cast and characters (love India and uncle Charlie) and they perfectly capture Park chan-Wook's elusive, semi-arch tone. It's fantastic surreal fun and incredibly sensual.
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