Film Movement: First Look at New 4K Restorations of Green Fish and Oasis
Posted March 29, 2024 07:19 PM by Webmaster
Film Movement has provided promotional trailers for the new 4K restorations of Lee Chang-dong's films Green Fish (1997) and Oasis (2002). The two films, together with Peppermint Candy (1999) and Poetry (2010), are expected to be released on Blu-ray later this year.
Description: Fresh out of prison, Hong Jong-du (Sul Kyung-gu) finds an unlikely soulmate in Gong-ju (Moon So-ri), the daughter of the victim of the hit-and-run accident for which he went to jail. Wheelchair-bound and suffering from severe cerebral palsy, Gong-ju is kept cloistered in a cheap apartment by her brother, whose only concern is the government assistance she receives. Over a series of clandestine meetings, the two begin an improbable relationship that defies the judgment and cruelty of the world around them.
Winner of the Silver Lion for Best Director and Best Young Actress at the Venice Film Festival, Lee Chang-dong's OASIS is a "brave film" that "shows two people who find any relationship almost impossible, and yet find a way to make theirs work" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times).
Description: Mak Dong has just been released from the army and is on his way home when he helps out a woman on the train. She calls him, because she collected his luggage and they agree to meet. It turns out she is a mobster's girlfriend and she gets him a job with the gang.