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Kim Ki-duk. Writer: 3-Iron. He studied fine arts in Paris in 1990-1992. In 1993 he won the award for Best Screenplay from the Educational Institute of ...
Moebius (2013)
[on his film <anchor>Moebius (2013)</anchor>] We are not free from physical desire for our entire life. And because of it, we either self-torture, maltreat or become maltreated. And in the middle of all this lies our genitals. The question 'what is a genital? is the initiating point of this film. The film is personal to me in a way. For instance, in the film the character experiences orgasm by rubbing a rough stone against his skin. During my military service I had severe athlete's foot, and had rubbed the skin with a stone until it bled. It was painful, but at the same time I felt a strange pleasure from it and, just like in the film, I felt an awful pain after it. I realized that our entire body is a sexual organ...I consider 'Moebius' as a penis journey.
Moebius (2013) - IMDb
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# Moebius

Original title: Moebiuseu

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A father driven into desire, a son coveting that of his father's and the sorrowful maternity that hovers them into tragedy.A father driven into desire, a son coveting that of his father's and the sorrowful maternity that hovers them into tragedy.A father driven into desire, a son coveting that of his father's and the sorrowful maternity that hovers them into tragedy.

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Upon first submission to the Korea Media Rating Board, the original 90 minute-cut of the film was classified a "Restricted Release" rating, which is equivalent to the MPAA NC-17 rating and would result into a very limited release only across restricted film theaters across South Korea. The KMRB objected the film's release due to its incestuous scenes. In accordance to KMRB's guidelines, director Kim ki-Duk would then trim off 1 minute and 20 seconds of footage for a second submission. However, this new 89 minute-version would also get a Restricted rating. Kim would then remove 50 more seconds of more incestuous footage and would bring the runtime down to its current form of 88 minutes. The KMRB rated the new cut a "Youth Not Allowed" rating and would finally clear a wide release.








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Featured in [At the Movies: Venice Film Festival 2013](/title/tt3432558/?ref_=tt_trv_cnn) (2013)








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Most directors become less experimental or transgressive once they've made a name for themselves. Kim Ki-duk is one of the most notable exceptions. Being Korea's most notorious film maker isn't an easy accomplishment in the first place, given that no other country produces so many veritable authors of cinema. But being able to increase the radicality of one's cinematic language while maintaining the same themes is quite a feat indeed.

Kim's Golden Lion-winning previous work 'Pieta' was already almost silent; with 'Moebius' he has not only succeeded in making an entertaining silent film which isn't a reminiscence of a bygone era, but actually managed to push the limits of film as a medium a bit further ahead. The closest film which could compare is 'Themroc', not just because there's no dialog apart from lascivious or painful grunts, but because it almost seems to be a parody of that film's social critique: 'Moebius' quite on the contrary admits to its own silliness.

Many reviewers seem to take the symbols too seriously. The Buddha heads, knifes used for castration and masturbation and of course the body part which is the main plot device (as well as what the title may ironically refer to) - they may all mean something, but they certainly don't have to. There may be tons of allusions to Greek mythology, but it's entirely possible that this is just what you want - or do not want - to read into the film. If these metaphors were any clearer - then this would make 'Moebius' a lot less brilliant. I prefer to think that, as in many of Kim's previous films, it's the effect which is the meaning, and there's not much of a meaning hidden underneath the effect.

Which is why I think of 'Moebius' as one of this year's very few 'must-sees' - unless one suffers from castration anxiety.

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