MichaelHanakemeetstheBlairWitchProjectinKimGok'sExhausted,aviciouskickinthepantstoeveryoneintheaudience,allinthenameof"style."Amanmeetsamutewoman,andasanyreasonablepersonwoulddoinsuchasituation,makesherhisprostitute.Butthepimpingistheleastofourproblems.Aswegetexhaustedbythegrainyfaux-16mmcamerawork,thefilmgetsincreasinglyderanged.Theclosestthingwegettoasympatheticcharacteristhepimp,simplybecausehe'sgottoomuchself-respecttofuckamutewhore.Everyoneelseiseitheragorymess,oragorymessindisguise.Eventheprostitute,whichevenathuglikeLarsvonTrierwouldmakelikeable,comesoffasadeliriousscarywomanwhoseshrieksstrikelikeblowstothejugular影片追求去戏剧化的艺术追求。现代技术让历史影像获得新生，全彩修复丰富视觉层次，画面技术提升观看体验。技术运用保持低调，整体色彩偏向沉静。整体处理注重思想深度。色彩管理十分审慎，声音创作追求质朴自然。　　KimGokhasseeminglyabandonedtheMarxistcritiquesofhisshortfilms,goinginsteadformindlessbrutalitywhichculminatesinanendlessbloodyfreak-showinvolving,amongotherthings,apairofscissorsgoingwherepairsofscissorsshouldnotgo.Inthemiddleofthebloodbath,wegetanextendedlongtakeofthebeatenprostitute'snear-deadface,butitdoesnotelicitsympathyorpity.Infact,imagesofthevictimonlymakeusshyawayinshock.(Indeed,theextendedsequenceledtocontinuouswalk-outsduringthePusanscreening.)Thelongtakeinvitesustostare,butitassumeswe'reassadisticasthevictimizer(andthefilm)is.Meanwhilethesound-effects(mostlyarumblingbasslinethatshakesthetheater)pulsateswithpurewickedness.WithHanake,shockcreatesreflection,whichasksthatwebecritical.Here,weonlywanttoescape.IsupposeExhaustedhassomevirtues;theshotsofdrillingmachinesandfactoriesprovideamesmerizingphallicbackdroptothepimpandprostitute'spursuits.Buteverythingelsehurtstoomuch.AtleastKimKi-dukletsusbreathe.ExhaustedmakesBadGuylooklikeLadyandtheTramp.(asiaarts.ucla.edu)