[Here's the International Jury: Charlotte Rampling (actress, UK), Jury President,
Lee Young-ae (actress, Republic of Korea), Yash Chopra (producer, India)]
i was watching the live webcast through the internet from 3am till around 4am last nite. hai~ i was late~ missed the entire first half and the appearance of my goddess. the streaming was lousy too~ i used 2 connections and it should be rocketing... but the buffering is taking hell decades. aniway, the ceremony was beautifulli done, teddy bears were given out and everything was smoothly sailed through (from what i could see last nite and follow up reports)...
well, the only chinese movie that was nominated won the best movie music award
----> well, for some asian pride <----
Silver Bear - Best Film Music 2006
Peter Kam for
Isabella
by Pang Ho-Cheung
thanks to Berlinale 2006 for the pics.
I finally found out her secret.
Park Jeong-yeon... Jeong-yeon... Jeong-yeon, the one I wanted to be with forever. She is sick. She is very sick. And there's nothing anyone can do any more. My God... Please give us just a little more time. Enough time for me to do something for her...
-From husband Yong-ki's diary-
The first and the last confession
My Dear, Yongki!
I am sorry. I have always been sorry. Right from the first moment we met and loved. But how much time do we have left? The time for me to see you and to feel you. I truly hope that you'd understand me for all those things I couldn't say to you. I'm sure you would've done the same. Since we've met, I have never regretted the fact that I loved you. Not even once.
The more I think of it, leaving you behind gets harder and harder. And it really makes me worry to think what you can do without me, but then I comfort myself by saying "the time will heal". But by merely looking at you makes me think of the time we've been together and it makes me happy. Don't get so lonely when I'm gone. Everyone has to die someday and it just came for me a little sooner, that's all. Don't be so sad. Just think that I'm leaving a little bit before you. And I am sorry... for the times I have been cold and cruel to you and for the times I have raised my voice at you for nothing at all. I'm sorry for not being more affectionate with you but you know that my heart for you has never changed, right? Please do not throw away the dreams you've had, just because I'm gone. Please promise me, Yong-ki. Just even imagining you making people happy up on the stage makes me so happy. Though we part now, let's be together for ever and ever the next time we meet again.
You were the most beautiful present this world has given to me.
Thank you and sorry, Yong-ki. So long!
-From a letter from Jeong-yeon
'By early 2001 Joint Security Area had become the highest grossing film in Korean film history. This success allowed Park Chan-wook (the director) to get the financial leeway to make his subsequent movies.
Within two weeks of its release during the fall of 2000. "Joint security Area" took in one million admissions.'
wasn't realli sure about the 'big and famous' background of this film except knowing my ai jie... and from the website, also realized that another film, 실미도 (Silmido) is also done on similar theme... which is the North and South Korea dreadful r/s after the korean war... i guess there're more movies on this theme displaying many emotional relationships that can keep political issues aside... yet political struggles will still step in and topple everything awfully...
私は愚かであるか。