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The Isle [DVD] [2000]

DVD ~ Jung Suh
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Product details

  • Actors: Jung Suh, Yoo-Seok Kim, Sung-Hee Park
  • Directors: Ki-Duk Kim
  • Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Tartan Video
  • DVD Release Date: 23 May 2005
  • Run Time: 87 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0007P8L2W
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 15,822 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Synopsis

The eerily beautiful photography and melodic musical score of THE ISLE stand in odd contrast to the brutal horror story it tells. On the serene surface of a secluded bay float a series of candy-coloured fishing houses, rented to men who seek an escape. The owner and operator of the village is a mute woman with a row boat who delivers her guests to their floating rooms, and sells them bait, food, coffee, prostitutes, and occasionally her own body. The men mistreat her, and her wounded spirit haunts the lake. At first subtle and secretive, but increasingly more bold and direct, the mute woman enacts unexpected violence upon the men. For example, when one client is leaning out over the dock to defecate into the lake, she swims up behind him, pulls him under the water, and stabs him. The blurred, partially submerged camerawork suggests that the woman is disembodied while committing these acts, as if unrealised hatred is surfacing within her to inspire her actions. Real trouble arrives in the form of a man who is hiding out from the law. He rents the yellow fishing house closest to shore and contemplates suicide. A sadomasochistic chemistry develops between this unhappy man and the mute woman and their relationship facilitates a series of extremely violent sex and mutilation scenes which ultimately bring THE ISLE to its disturbing conclusion.

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite as much as I expected, 2 Nov 2006
By Mr. Nicholas Davies "Your FILM DEITY" (Redditch, Worcs, UK) - See all my reviews
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All I hear about this movie is how disturbing it is and how perverse it is as well. I'm not sure that it quite lives up to the hype that preceds it but it is still a fine film. The premise is built around a young man on the run for murder (though we find that out later) and a mute girl who seems to run a nearby fishing haven. The two form an intense but silent relationship which certainly has it's nasty and often bizzare moments. In particular viewers will note both of the fishook scenes.
I think that the final two shots in this film are definitely portraying something that i did not pick up on the first viewing, but that is one of the many pleasures of re-viweing I suppose.
As for the supposed unwatchability of this film I have to argue. Sure there are some scenes that will make the viewer squirm a little but I didn't feel it was anywhere near as graphic as some other asia extreme or other tartan releases. a lot of the most gruesome scenes were not viewed directly on and so more was left up to the imagination rather than in the infamous AUDITION.
Any this is still fine stuff and I think that a novice to the asia extreme genre will certainly be unnerved by some of the content. Happy viewing
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22 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars About as beautiful and grotesque as a film can get, 24 Jun 2005
By bobby_bobson (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Like most of his movies, Kim Ki-Duk's The Isle is very unique. It is set on an isle in which small floating rooms are set up and rented out. The lake is run by a mute woman called Hee-Jin who spends most of her time maintaining these floating rooms and offering 'services' to its visitors. One day a man trying to escape his past arrives and he immediately attracts the attention of Hee-Jin. As the film progresses the two characters start to discover that they have feelings for each other.

The Isle is basically a love story albeit a dark twisted gruesome love story. Kim Ki-Duk has a unique way of letting his characters convey their feelings for each other. Both characters find it hard to express their love for each other by conventional methods, which isn't helped by the fact that one of them is mute. So the only way they can express themselves is through action and violence, which at times can be hard to look at. I'm not going to lie to you I did want turn away at certain parts and I've sat through some pretty gruesome movies. Let's just say that there is a reason for a fishing hook being on the front cover of the box. Both actors do an excellent job playing their characters, especially Seo Jeung who plays Hee-jin since she had to portray the character without saying a single word.

The DVD itself isn't the best that Tartan has released but it is still pretty good. It's filled with your usual trailers and behind the scene extras. The only disappointment I got was to learn that the BBFC cut a few minutes out of the film due to certain animal cruelty scenes.

I have always admired Kim Ki-Duk for his willingness to explore dark subject matters that other filmmakers tend to avoid and to do so in such a captivating way. The Isle manages to pull you in with its beautiful surroundings and then make you turn away in horror. The only criticism I have is that the film does seem to have a fairly slow pace which might put some people off. So overall if you are a fan of Kim Ki-Duk and Asia Extreme then The Isle is a perfect addition to your collection. If you like movies that are different and filled with controversy then I would also give this a try. Just remember this film is definitely not for everyone.

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not Totally Hooked ... :-), 17 Mar 2006
By Green Man Music "green-man-music" (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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"The Isle" is the story of the relationship between a depressive male and a mute female. She runs a fishing retreat which takes the form of a number of small floating huts on a lake, and he is one of a number of her customers. Their bizarre relationship revolves around his violence both towards himself and her, and her jealousy and her equally extreme self-harming practises.

An extremely well-filmed movie, in typically beautiful oriental style with mist rolling over the lakes and deep blue hues, the film is let down by its sheer pointlessness.

In terms of the film's self-promotion as extreme perversion, whilst the viewing is certainly not mainstream, I wouldn't rate it as overly extreme. The self-harming incidents which are the main pieces of uncomfortable viewing are spread fairly far apart and between them the film can be a little slow. In fact, the 'worst' case of the woman's self-harming, towards the end of the film, is actually strangely comic in its execution.

More could have been done with the particularly interesting psychology of the woman. For instance her tendency to swim underwater at night and spy on her customers by sneaking up through the trapdoor in the huts' floors could have been pursued with great effect.

So in summary it was, for me, certainly a watchable film but neither as perversely offensive as it claims, nor does it hold a meaningful story. So despite its strong cinematography I'm giving it an average vote.

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4.0 out of 5 stars NO MAN IS AN ISLAND, BUT....
...a woman is.

At least, that's the image underlying the title of this movie. It's set on this remote mountain lake with only a few floating fishing-huts plus a shack... Read more
Published on 15 Oct 2007 by stuart

1.0 out of 5 stars WEIRD SADISTIC WATER WORLD!
as a keen viewer of Asian cinema i decided to give this movie a shot based on the plot line on the back of the DVD alone. Read more
Published on 9 April 2007 by K. bruce

1.0 out of 5 stars Turn off
I am a keen viewer of Asia extreme films, but this film contains some of the most disturbing and non justified scenes I've ever seen. Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2005

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful/compelling/disturbing/hypnotic.
The Isle is, in turn, beautiful, compelling, disturbing & hypnotic. As a fan of world cinema, I appreciate many different qualities in a film and, in my opinion, this one has them... Read more
Published on 6 Jun 2005 by Stefan Brenner

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