an experience to die for

Film history really is something you end up diving into, particularly if you’re like me and doing what I do on this platform. Kim Ki-young is only the latest auteur to come upon my radar in the course of my film consumption and writings, and the way his career pretty much ended feels almost as shocking and haunting as his final film. The title in question, 1990’s An Experience To Die For, sits front and center of this critic’s perspective as the first of my intake of Kim’s work. The movie’s popularity has resurged since making headway in the last 30-plus years. Fans keen on the arthouse and foreign film arena can happily expect a rollout via Metrograph for both theatrical and streaming between May and June. I went into this one completely blind, so I was pretty full up by the first twelve minutes or so. A lot happens […]

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