Green Chair
by Park Chul-Soo
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Actor: Oh Yoon-Hong, Oh Yun-hong, Seo Jeong-min, Shim Ji-HoDirector: Park Chul-Soo
Brand: Green
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Korean (Original Language)
Format: Anamorphic, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 103 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-25
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: ImaginAsian
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DVD Review: Jung Suh(Seo Jeong) steals the show, a moving erotic drama...
Summary: 3 Stars
Green Chair is a tale of forbidden love between a 32 year old divorcee and a 19 year old college student. Based on a true story, GREEN CHAIR is the first film in four years from controversial director Park Chul-Soo, best known for "301,302". Seo Jeong (THE ISLE, Spider Forest) plays Kim Mun-hee, a nice 32-year-old woman who's making whoopee with a 19 year old boy, Hyeon ( Shim Ji-ho). Unfortunately for them, 20 is the age of consent in Korea, and she's arrested, locked up and sentenced to community service.
Upon her release, Mun-hee tries to ditch the handsome young 19 year old, but he just won't go away(looking at Korean bombshell Seo Jeong, I wouldn't want to leave either). Instead they shack up in a motel and have a few more days of exhausting sex(who wouldn't). Eventually, doubts start to creep into Mun-hee's mind, and even though she is in love with him, she decides to end the affair. However, Mun-hee couldn't resist Hyun's persistence and their relationship enters a new phase.
At first impression, Park Chul-Soo's Green Chair may seem like a straightforward tale of erotic sex and the occasional sense of guilt, but it ends up being a lot more than that. The First act of the film is highly explicit (quite tame when compared to the Korean erotica Summertime), there is quite a bit of nudity, Seo Jeong is in her birthday suit in the first few minutes. The film doesn't merely focus on eroticism, so I don't think it will turn off a lot of viewers. When things start to settle down and we get to observe all the details of Hyun and Mun-hee's unusual relationship, from Hyun's fondness for cooking to Mun-hee's preferences when it comes to mattreses and other stuff, the film presents such dimensions with warmth and humor, that results in a nuanced, touching and subversive love story. Characters are well developed and I did kind of sympathize with the lovers' plight.
Green Chair draws its strength from Park's inimitable style of directing and its great cast. Seo-Jeong or Jung Suh(same actress, you can't help but be enamored with her), renowned for her role in Kim Ki-Duk's "THE ISLE", brings a slightly unhinged vitality and raw appeal to the character of Mun-hee; while newcomer Shim Ji-ho(as Hyun) gives passion and confidence to his character. Oh Yun-Hong(Power of Kangwon province) plays Mun-hee's friend who takes the lovebirds in. The warm chemistry/camaderie shared between the 3 characters is one of the film's key strengths.
People who are only looking for pervy kicks will be disappointed and will be better off watching late night Cinemax instead. While there's plenty of sex on display and quite frankly they are nicely shot, the movie is more focused in the essential drama of problems and complications which are unavoidably inherent in every sex-based relationship, compounded when one partner is risking it all to stay in it.
I own the 1-disc region-3 release. From my experience, Asian releases of Asian movies have the best transfers.
PICTURE/AUDIO: Anamorphic widescreen 1.78. Clean, sharp and colors are accurate. PQ is very good. 5.1 Dolby/2.0 Surround in Korean language. English Subtitles are well-translated and very visible.
In Closing:
GREEN CHAIR is not a perfect film, but it is funny and beautiful with its poetic digressions. It is a pro-sex movie with a touch of human drama. It is a bit on the "artsy" side but I hope it gives you some ideas. It has been selected in the New York Asian film festival.
RECOMMENDED! 3 ½ stars
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Description of Green Chair
A 32-year woman has just been released from jail on charges of sex with a minor, who is one month away from being legal. She?s eager to write off his love as a youthful mistake. He?s eager to protect his newly-freed girlfriend from a world that doesn?t want to accept them. But does either one of them really know what they want? And more importantly, do they have anything in common besides sex?Bestsellers in DVD
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