This is because both sides of Park’s character (and his eventual religious conversion) are realistic parts of a fractured whole, and while they make good sense apart from each other, they are even more suggestive when taken together. Masonic Secret Society. Rosary will follow at 7:00 PM. The filmmaker’s point here is, I assume, that no matter what the jigsaw puzzle of human relationships that connect together to survive that that unit can ‘love’ and ‘care’ as much or more than a regular traditional family unit. A funeral mass will follow at 11:00am. Sin-ae moves with her son Jun to Miryang, the town where her dead husband was born. Scenes showing over-emotional and shallow church group meetings, the "Christian's" mean and aggressive ways of preaching and the adultery of a devoted church member were painfully realistic. The characters were very, very boring. While Da Vinci Code helps us discuss the early church history, Secret Sunshine prompts us to deal with life's messiness and find meaning when life seems unbearable. This dictum is especially true for Jun’s killer, Park (Jo Young-jin), who — in a deft touch — is at once Jun’s teacher and a normal sort of guy, and then a controlling, almost violent parent in other scenes. The lead actress of Secret Sunshine, Do-yon Jeon, won the best actress prize at Cannes for her totally true to life portrayal of a woman shaken by grief. Put simply, Secret Sunshine shows how religion uses us and how we use religion. The people involved are ordinary members of society; Shin-ae is a young piano teacher and Jong-chang is a mechanic. Eight of the 22 priests … Which is ” god forgiven me, and i’m in peace right now” while smirking at him. In one shot, for instance, he is shown grabbing his daughter (Song Mi-rim, who is Shin-ae’s barber at film’s end) away from her friends, and hustling her into Park’s car as he drives Jun and Shin-ae home. Maybe it wasn’t just a stereotypical “art film” move. Secret Sunshine takes the concept of grief and shows us how it is the opposite of linear. Rather than hunt for examples, however, I’ll just start at the film’s end, which is usually where these tendencies come and so often get mis-managed. Here’s an example review from Letterboxd: “2 Stars for the great child actors in this otherwise reprehensible face slap sympathy plea for a sociopathic clan of unrelated liars, murderers, kidnappers, and thieves who form a family unit. Against my rules, I will tell you the plot. I haven’t seen Lee Chang-dong’s other movies, but I’m going to watch Peppermint Candy in a bit (the only other movie of his I currently have access to). Most of the people who hate the movie provide more or less similar reasoning; “why didn’t they just bring the girl to the police?!? Published to University Press Scholarship Online: November 2015, DOI: 10.7312/columbia/9780231165853.001.0001. It is no secret that Hollywood sneers at Christianity, and Mario Lopez recently spoke out about what it is like to be a Christian inside Tinsel Town. The film questions the motivations of certain individuals related to the Church and how there is no such thing as a quick and easy solution to emotional turmoil. -- Dan Slevin, editor (FishHead Magazine) and broadcaster (Rancho Notorious Podcast), "Something truly different...multimedia at its finest." Copy this link, or click below to email it to a friend. contact us Here is Shin-ae, clearly NOT alright, and given to the same life-patterns the film only hints at — unhappy relationships, self-loathing, an inner void — that she is repeating yet again, albeit with a quickly-narrowing way out. Beyond this, it is unknown why she chooses Miryang as her place to start fresh, and while some viewers might deride such narrative choices as not giving enough insight into the characters, thus turning them into blank slates, this is obviously not so. Perhaps he trusted himself — as opposed to the film — too much. - Portland Book Review, "...an exhaustive study, ideal for established Allen enthusiasts and film students...Woody Allen fans will prize this comprehensive, readable rundown of his oeuvre." In this way, we see Shin-ae parallaxed against the world at large, as opposed to within the confines of her mind. Keep doing what you like (even if you do it a bit less than you did before!) - Nelson Diaz-Marcano, Manhattan With A Twist, "A tribute to film-making worldwide...a reference you will return to again and again." After losing her husband, Shin Ae, a single mother, relocates to her husband's hometown Miryang ("Secret Sunshine") for a new start. Yes, the film can be ham-fisted at times, such as when Shin-ae attempts to sabotage a religious festival by changing its music (the first word her song broadcasts is “lies”), or early scenes with Jun where he pretends to get lost, thus signposting the future, but such missteps are uncommon, even if, overall, they take the film a few notches below greatness. Adapted from Lee Chung-Joon's 1985 novella Story of Worm, the following lines from the author's introduction afford valuable insights into the film's philosophical trajectory:A human being may be the ruler of the universe, and may be properly human, only when human dignity is respected. Secret Sunshine is not only about the choices people make, but also how choices can come ready-made, only waiting to fill some void of character. Plentiful sunshine. They are unexceptional people who are caught up in a tragically exceptional situation; the kidnapping and murder of Shin-ae's child. Thus, despite all the comments about the film’s sense of ‘triumph,’ or the characters’ hopes and realizations — A.O. Am I the braindead, mouth-breathing doorknob?   TB. Please, subscribe or login to access full text content. As far as I’m concerned this just him falling into the same trap as so many other artists who think superficial politicking (that will age about as well as a glass of milk) is artistic depth. And shinae only has one thing to say to him. Given that it’s his worst film, it’ll probably either confirm my observations of Burning (if he’ll have made the same mistakes in both films) or prompt me to watch it again to see if the differences mean that Burning was actually good or just a different kind of bad. It had a few moments and some good characterization. Secret Sunshine is the fourth film made by Lee Chang-dong, inarguably one of the most significant directors to emerge in world cinema over the last 20 years. In the prison, she face to face with killer and take a good look at his face how he facing his daughter’s killer. As she starts to cry over Jun’s death amidst the singing, the film takes on a documentary-like feel, almost, wherein the church’s audio sounds disconnected, the singing ‘seen’ rather than heard, and the viewer allowed to simply watch things unfold from a distance. That might make for a cautionary tale- I’ll agree- but it’s a terrible way to end a work of art, which is what this is. He’s smiling, still, as she sits there with the scissors, looking at herself (we see glimmers of her face in the mirror), trying to complete the task, and the viewer is immediately struck by the import of these last few minutes. I didn’t want to hate Burning, I was looking forward to finally getting a chance to see a Lee Chang-dong film. So far, “Peppermint Candy” is the most anomic and disappointing. SynopsisLet us begin our study with a brief introduction to and synopsis of Secret Sunshine. - IndieReader, "...picks apart Allen's filmography like an engineer; he looks at them, forces us to acknowledge them and ultimately opens the door for our own opinions to be formed." is too long a wait! At film’s end, Shin-ae doesn’t really grow; she merely has her flaws intensified, her sickness brought to the fore, as the thing that comes to define her. This is why, for several centuries, the coveted secrets of … She shows us that humans don't react to a difficult situation just by being sad. The story counterbalances the stealing of children in how they ‘rescue’ one from a non-caring, emotionally abusive situation, but the other child’s life and, possibly future are altered for no reason from his true parents and home. 17 TMDb Bot. The main character, Lee Shin-ae, moves with … It takes a step back and examines how Religion can affect a human life, both positively and negatively, and the film isn't afraid of pulling punches. Jong-chan arrives soon after, smiling at her (as if there’s anything funny), and offers to hold up a mirror she has found to cut her own hair. Most people love the movie because the poor and marginalized immediately garner a lot of sympathy, but I’ve found some people who utterly hate the movie because they found the characters reprehensible. I’ve not seen Burning, but with the exception of Secret Sunshine and Oasis, everything I’ve seen from him was mediocre or bad. To troubleshoot, please check our -- John Greco, Twenty Four Frames, "...a nuanced and perceptive understanding of Woody's art...the most complete, comprehensive discussion available." The film contains no dramatic action sequences, visual trickery, or dramatic editing techniques. Shoplifters was pretty cliché and I didn’t pick-up on any attempts to subvert/invert/etc. This is because the film is not really ‘about’ religion, or mental illness, or any other singular thing, but merely uses these elements for a higher purpose: that of a realistic drama whose strength begins and ends with its sense of character. This is a wise move on Lee Chang-dong’s part, and given the number of successes he’s had over the last decade, he seems to understand this. Christianity is a great comfort for Shin-ae when she most desperately needs it. Secret Sunshinealso contains many of the developments that have marked modern-day South Korea, including the presence of Christianity as a key part of the modern nation. The irony of these claims is that the ditzy girl is describing Africa in the most superficial way imaginable, almost like unintended caricature, and this kind of “spiritual awakening in Africa/India/etc.” shit is like the most cliched stereotype of clueless rich people. So, not surprising. Jong-chan, too, will continue to ‘be there’ for her, to give her money, rides, and unwanted attention, for just as Shin-ae’s path has been cleared, so has Jong-chan’s: neither, it seems, is capable of living an enviable life. Anyway, I thought the movie would be about people trying to create relationships and find meaning and all that in a society that doesn’t encourage or even actively works against any really deep examples of those things. Sure, it is cynical, it is polemic, but it is well-executed, meaningful cynicism, and it is great polemic, not mere agitprop. When tragedy strikes, Shin Ae undergoes an emotionally shattering journey that pits her against everything she's known about humanity, love, forgiveness, and God. No, Shin-ae is not evil, nor a bad person, on the whole, but still reveals herself to be selfish, ready to use and manipulate others — even as Chan is quite willing to be on the receiving end of such — and more or less delusional, both about her past and future, even apart from the deeper psychotic break she experiences. Play Trailer; Overview. The film is both funny and scary and serious and deep and it is an exploration of the need for comfort that doesn't necessarily comes from faith. Stuart Hamblen (born Carl Stuart Hamblen; October 20, 1908 – March 8, 1989) was an American entertainer who became one of radio's first singing cowboys in 1926, going on to become a singer, actor, radio show host, and songwriter, later undergoing a Christian conversion and becoming a Temperance movement supporter and recurring candidate for political office. Last scene should be the killer screaming like hell. Sure, his turn towards religion is not exactly deep, but the point is that it’s both unexpected as well as not ‘logically’ necessary to the film’s narrative, yet is there, anyway, for Chan is a real person, grows, and behaves exactly like a human being might. Period: 2020-11-01 to 2020-11-30 . For example, all these reviews mention class struggle as a theme, but there’s no actual commentary on the subject. “Secret Sunshine” — a 2007 film by Lee Chang-dong now making a tardy but welcome American debut — takes place in a South Korean town called Miryang, described by … This was my first film of his and I just found it an awful experience. Oak said that “Secret Sunshine” was a hot topic of conversation in churches and the news media in South Korea this year. We need more films with her as the lead character, but can we please have her star in films with a happy ending !!! Excellent review. The initial premise was interesting enough, even if a bit unremarkable: a pair of ‘losers’ who may or may not have deeper aspirations (the dude wants to be a writer, the girl is just kind of a ditz), but are being held back by both their material conditions (economic opportunities and such) as well as their own character flaws. Lee Shin-ae (Jeon Do-yeon) has just returned from a mental health hospital, and decides to go get a haircut. With a shallow interpretation of the movie, people misunderstand Christianity and its theology. Long ago, when the British government and the Catholic Church were more militant, it was dangerous to share these secrets, so all members worked hard to protect them. The only piece I’m trying to connect was when she almost ran the daughter over after turning in the money in the trash-can? Yeah, there’s a scene were some snooty rich people laugh at the main girl recounting her trip to Africa, but what does this have to do with “working-class anxiety” (as mentioned in the Atlantic review)? No, for he makes the camera pan away from the two characters — really, where the scene’s power derives — to a random spot of earth and grass, and stays there for a moment as the film’s true ending. They always think that the victim’s family can’t do anything if they got caught or not. After a second tragedy befalls her, Shin-ae joins a local church (previously she had been disdainful of her neighbor’s efforts to bring her to a prayer service). Then surrender herself to the police. Norom Recommended for you. ... Shin-ae has walked, as if in a trance, into a church service, Jong-chan following unobtrusively a few paces behind her. Secret Sunshine ’s treatment of religion is perhaps its most famed element, despite the fact that the time between Shin-ae’s conversion and ultimate rejection of Christianity runs less than 30 minutes — for, clearly, the film is not so much an attack on religion as it is a glimpse into false hope, and the sort of ‘luck’ our character draws us to, with religion serving as the context in this particular case. Secret Sunshine is a worthy addition to the C.V of Lee Chang-dong and further cements his position as one of the most innovative and talented directors in South Korean cinema. Now, if only he’d let other things alone, and focus on the only thing that’ll matter in the long run: new perspectives, rich ideas, living, breathing characters as carried in the brunt of more great films. In short, the film’s final shot has nothing to do with the film proper, nor with anything the two characters have or will experience. Yet the film’s deepest flaw — which, interestingly, would be a boon to lesser films — is in how well Shin-ae is characterized as a psychotic woman, for there is little beyond this psychosis, ensuring that much of Secret Sunshine (as with Herzog’s 2009 My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?) E. Roper, US Review Of Books, "...erudite, intelligent...the most far-reaching analysis of Woody Allen's career so far." It is time to move on, sure, but Shin-ae’s problem is that this move will have no real purpose nor direction, for everything, from her gestures, to her desire to give forgiveness, is a mere bandaging of a far deeper issue. As Secret Sunshine progresses, we get just enough clues to make sense of the script, with many elisions that naturally — and wisely — speak to human curiosity, as well as our tendency to construct stories out of well-executed and meaningful hints. Had Lee Chang-dong larded the film with pointless forays into her past, apart from the central drama that is on the screen, now, the viewer would have no choice but to wonder less, imbue less, and engage less — a mechanic that’s certain death in a film as long and multivalent as this one. Is it simply because the main girl is saddled with debt and lives in a shitty apartment? The link was not copied. The last crack in Secret Sunshine sends Shin-ae spiraling into grief, a desperate religious frenzy and, in the film’s central conflict, a war with the Christian God. 3:58. I just saw this movie and I’m not sure exactly how Shin-ae knew it was the school-teacher who did it. After The Storm was a bit better. any of its cliches. !”; “they had money, so were they just lazy”; “poverty-porn”; and so on. She nervously approaches Shin-ae, begins the haircut, and Shin-ae — despite a large portion of her hair now being lopped off — runs out into her own backyard. "Secret Sunshine" is the literal translation of the town of Miryang, the hometown of Lee Shin-tae's (Jeon Do-yeon) deceased husband. Tragedy provokes her allegiance to the church; over time, God’s apparent indifference tears it. remains self-referential, and can’t really step outside its own parameters to comment on the world at large. Users without a subscription are not able to see the full content. This chapter analyzes Lee Chang-dong's film Secret Sunshine (Miryang, 2007), about a woman, Shin-ae, who moves with her small son to her late husband's hometown, Miryang, for a new start. To this end, the religious aspect of the film also serves a deeper purpose when Shin-ae, in a silly move, decides to visit prison to ‘forgive’ her son’s murderer, only to find that he does not need her forgiveness, as he, himself, has become Christian, and has been forgiven by God before her. Secret Sunshine was a hot topic of conversation in Korea. After Life gets a lot of respect, but it doesn’t amount to much either. Chan, too, has his purpose, such as in a great scene where he ridiculously sings karaoke to himself as Shin-ae is roaming the streets, hysterical about her son’s kidnapping, thus giving an image to Chan’s impotence. Sadly, the lame murder mystery plot, the number of hints and clues and details peppered throughout the film that never amount to anything, and the utter stupidity and banality of the main guy and girl (but especially the guy- “mouth-breather” isn’t a cheap insult, it’s literally what he is) tarnished the entire thing for me. I haven’t seen Parasite or any of his ‘pure’ dramas yet, but having watched The Host, Snowpiercer, and Okja, Bong Joon-ho is at least a good action film director, if nothing else, a descendant of the sci-fi films and comic books from the ‘70s and ‘80s. A 'must see' for all film lovers. A film about the lies we tell ourselves in order to live, it suggests that there may be no bigger lie than religion—but also acknowledges that sometimes lies are necessary. For, in many ways, the lackluster Green Fish (1997) is to Korea what After Life (1998) is to Japan: films that rightly heralded 2 new talents, even though the evidence typically proffered for such was wrong, coming, as it had, too early in their careers, when they were still developing their sense for art. Secret Sunshine’s treatment of religion is perhaps its most famed element, despite the fact that the time between Shin-ae’s conversion and ultimate rejection of Christianity runs less than 30 minutes — for, clearly, the film is not so much an attack on religion as it is a glimpse into false hope, and the sort of ‘luck’ our character draws us to, with religion serving as the context in this particular case. It had a sad ending, but that’s not at all revolutionary in this day and age. Alas, 5 years (and counting!) The killer should cry as hard as he can. Korean film directors, Korean films, filmmakers, Lee Chang-dong, Secret Sunshine, Miryang, Christianity, church. Pale — Pollyanna, even — something’s clearly not ‘all there,’ despite her release. I think this movie telegraphs a lot to say about current society and its obsession with ‘the self’.”. Lee Moon Sae Singing 'Only The Sound Of Her Laughter' With His Duo! In the end, I don’t strongly support the decision to end the film by panning to the ground. It does not recap their lives, clarify the film’s meanings, alter its direction, change what has or might have transpired, or do anything, really, except strain for a depth that’s not there, but merely occludes the one that should have played out fully. For instance, although Shin-ae’s dead husband seems to have a hold over her, it is eventually revealed that he was a user and cheater, thus casting doubt on Shin-ae’s own interpretation of the past, as well as her inner health in the deeper sense of the word. Yet I’m here to say that it doesn’t really matter, for the effect is what trumps all, and what, in this case, can be quite instructive to a wise viewer: as a mistake to look out for in future works of art that he might engage with, or create. DOI:10.7312/columbia/9780231165853.003.0008, Filmography and Further Viewing Suggestions, Key Electronic Resources for Japanese and Korean Film, Rising Sun, Divided Land: Japanese and South Korean Filmmakers. A funeral mass will be held on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 1:00 PM at St. Luke's Catholic Church, Temple, Texas. A lot of people are obsessed with the “subtext,” imbuing whatever social and political trends and issues are currently in vogue onto the various hints and clues and details in the film, but as I mentioned before, none of them go into HOW any of this matters. Indeed, for it is really Chan’s presence — despite being a ‘mere’ supporting actor — as a ‘normal’ guy who witnesses and reacts to all this, in his refusal to leave Shin-ae to her own devices, that helps the narrative reach and succeed more deeply. ... church; child kidnapping; miryang; Content Score. But I think that a director capable of creating a film like this should perhaps be given a bit more credit than the above review allows. Throughout the film we see Shin-ae going through various stages of grief. - John. The film questions the motivations of certain individuals related to the Church and how there is no such thing as a quick and easy solution to emotional turmoil. 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