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Famous Korean director Kim Ki Duk died at the age of 59 due to complications from Covid-19 on December 11 while on a business trip to Latvia.
According to the Herald of Korea, The director passed away after two days of hospitalization. He went to work in Latvia on November 20 and got infected.
Director Kim Ki Duk is known as a masterpiece of Korean cinema. Image: Yonhap.
Kim Ki Duk, born in 1960, is a very famous director from Korea and the world. He is not from a formal film training school, but has a unique film style, having participated in major film festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Berlin. Kim Ki Duk’s films sometimes shock audiences, reflecting the director’s unusual worldview. Kim Ki Duk’s films on the topic of women and love are always controversial because the sexual and violent elements are mentioned in a naked, bloody and haunting way.
Throughout his career, Kim Ki Duk remained independent from the Korean film industry. The director has been criticized for his different perspective, but his colleagues always acknowledge his talent. On the sheet Korean Cinema Today In 2012, Kim Ki Duk shared: “I am not a traditional moral person. I am not afraid to describe the evil aspects of Korean society. That is my motive in terms of morality. I can be. Making less sensitive films, but I am afraid that They will criticize me for doing too ordinary things. “
The director has two films chosen by Korea to compete for the Oscar. He won the Golden Lion with PitySilver lions with 3-IronSilver Bear Award Samaritan girl and Un Certain Regard at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival with Arirang. His most famous works, Spring, summer, fall, winter and then spring (2003) is also on film critic Roger Ebert’s list of Great Movies.
Preview of the film “Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring” by director Kim Ki Duk. Video: The Museum of Modern Art.
Like the plays, the director’s private life also rocked the Korean entertainment industry. Some actresses accused him of soliciting sex, raping. In 2017, Kim Ki Duk tried to lose the lawsuit and had to pay a fine of 5 million won (more than 100 million VND) when an actress accused him of slapping and forced her to perform a violent sex scene that was not in the script. Moebius.
In 2018, when the trend of sexual abuse was high, the position of the filmmaker was shaken. At the Berlin Film Festival, many people objected to the organizers inviting Kim Ki Duk due to past incidents. He also divorced his wife this year. According to the Korea Joongang Daily, The family does not believe in the allegations of rape and sexual harassment, but they do not want to continue living with the director because they receive too much criticism from the public. Has a daughter. After the scandal, Kim Ki Duk was active in Russia and Kazakhstan. In 2019, he was president of the jury of the Moscow International Film Festival.
Kim Ki Duk’s volatile life contributed to his cinematic aesthetic. Kim was born into a poor family in Bonghwa (South Korea). He dropped out of school at 15, worked as a factory worker until he joined the army when he was 20 years old. At age 30, Kim left for Paris, France to study art, before returning home to make her first film. Crocodile(nineteen ninety six). From the beginning, he chose the path of an author: cinema to satisfy the ego, not to please the masses.
Dat Phan (according to the Herald of Korea)
