WARSAW KOREAN FILM FESTIVAL
택시운전사 (A TAXI DRIVER)
Recommended. A solid dose of entertainment and also of Korean history of the second half of the 20th century. Turns out South Korea was under martial law just 2 years earlier than Poland. Yet the movie's barely sombre. Daytime pictures are in vivid colours, characteristic orange hues exemplify the night. Western classical music (violins) is used in the soundtrack. The beginning and some situations here and there through the movie are quite comical. I was laughing loud when the German reporter had kimchi. The pregnant woman in the beginning was a gimmick and the early part is quite stereotypical so it's not truly Oscar-worthy. But 13 million viewers in Korea didn't go wrong. The movie makes you laugh, shed some tears and keeps you on the edge of your seat.
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