Quote: (05-15-2019 03:25 PM)chvrches Wrote:
I just watched this movie based on your recommendation, but i feel stupid. I didn't understand the meaning behind it. Did the rich guy kill the girl? Where did she disappear? Why was there so much talk about the well? and the greenhouses? What did they mean to the story? Can't quite figure it out.
The mystery is part of what makes it such an excellent movie.
The 'burning greenhouses' were symbolic for left-behind Korean girls who the protagonist (probably) liked to kill when he was done with them. Nobody knows about these girls, nobody cares. Did he truly kill her? Who knows...
My understanding is that the well served as an artifact for the overarching theme of Jong-su's distorted reality. The girl recalled Jong-su helping her out of it, but there's no evidence of a well at the site of her house. Her relatives also mentioned that she made up fantastical stories and also denied the existence of the well. Then Jongsu's mother confirms that at one point there was a well. In short, the well underscores a state of confusion where Jongsu is not sure what to believe about what happened with the girl and Ben.