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2022, My Personal Rankings
To carve out a unique identity, it’s crucial to repeat features so that the indifferent public can recognize them, but that often leads to criticisms of dullness and stagnation. Yet, once you’re gone, audiences tend to be forgiving. Art is truly challenging.
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Are You Living Well?
The drama’s subtitle is ‘A Husband’s Kitchen Diary Preparing Meals for His Departing Wife.’ It’s based on an essay by the same name, which is actually the real story of the writer Kang Chang-rae.
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Rip Van Winkle’s Bride
‘Rip Van Winkle’s Bride’ is a novel by the cool director of ‘Love Letter,’ Shunji Iwai. After meeting actress Haru Kuroki at a commercial audition, he kept her image in mind while writing, and later adapted it into a film with her in the lead role.
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Faded Memories…
It was indeed Park Ji-yoon. While most remember her for ‘Coming of Age Ceremony,’ I fell for her music after the ‘Flower, Again for the First Time’ album.
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
For intelligent beings capable of making value judgments, death might be the criterion that distinguishes humanity from other creatures on Earth. Humans are more human-like, more beautiful, and more noble because they are aware of their finite existence.
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Base
Speaking of band synergy and restraint, Yoon Jong Shin’s ‘Temperature of Farewell’ is a perfect example. No instrument, not even Bae Doo Na’s acting, overshadows the vocals. Each part is expertly played.
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Everything Everywhere All At Once
I could see it aimed to deliver the meaning and value of life with humor through its hot topic.
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Translation and Coding
Kazuo Ishiguro’s 1989 masterpiece, ‘The Remains of the Day’, paints a sophisticated picture of a rigid and frustrated butler’s unspoken feelings of compassion and love.
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A Woman by Annie Ernaux
There comes a moment when life and death are divided. Just like flicking off a switch and watching the light disappear, existence is no longer acknowledged. Sunday and Monday, once continuous, are forever separated by death.
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Hidden Singer
The impersonators on this show aren’t just about perfectly mimicking songs; they come with their own stories. Their experiences of finding solace or having life-changing moments through music are truly moving, and for the original artist, it must be an incredible gift. 🎁