Michael Hanake meets the Blair Witch Project in Kim Gok's Exhausted, a vicious kick in the pants to everyone in the audience, all in the name of "style." A man meets a mute woman, and as any reasonable person would do in such a situation, makes her his prostitute. But the pimping is the least of our problems. As we get exhausted by the grainy faux-16mm camerawork, the film gets increasingly deranged. The closest thing we get to a sympathetic character is the pimp, simply because he's got too much self-respect to fuck a mute whore. Everyone else is either a gory mess, or a gory mess in disguise. Even the prostitute, which even a thug like Lars von Trier would make likeable, comes off as a delirious scary woman whose shrieks strike like blows to the jugular.
Kim Gok has seemingly abandoned the Marxist critiques of his short films, going instead for mindless brutality which culminates in an endless bloody freak-show involving, among other things, a pair of scissors going where pairs of scissors should not go. In the middle of the bloodbath, we get an extended long take of the beaten prostitute's near-dead face, but it does not elicit sympathy or pity. In fact, images of the victim only make us shy away in shock. (Indeed, the extended sequence led to continuous walk-outs during the Pusan screening.) The long take invites us to stare, but it assumes we're as sadistic as the victimizer (and the film) is. Meanwhile the sound-effects (mostly a rumbling bassline that shakes the theater) pulsates with pure wickedness. With Hanake, shock creates reflection, which asks that we be critical. Here, we only want to escape. I suppose Exhausted has some virtues; the shots of drilling machines and factories provide a mesmerizing phallic backdrop to the pimp and prostitute's pursuits. But everything else hurts too much. At least Kim Ki-duk lets us breathe. Exhausted makes Bad Guy look like Lady and the Tramp. (asiaarts.ucla.edu)
好好看…把原著中的巴黎线摘出来，看出来巴尔扎克即使对法国人来说也是不堪重负了，当然简化、浓缩、转接之后节奏也更快餐了。男主太帅了，这才是迷倒整个巴黎的吕西安：/
总结来说，这是一部值得肯定的优秀的影视作品，学院式，古典主义，但可看程度也很高，值得观看。
一个农村文艺青年，喜欢写点酸诗，被本地侯爵夫人赏识，两人私奔到巴黎。然而，大都市从来都是爱情杀手，各种势力压迫下2人被迫分手，文学梦也在生活压力下破灭。
电影的优点来自原著，缺点来自除了文本其它平平。中间那一段幻想华彩明显放错了地方。估计是篇幅的原因，收尾太晚太轻。而最致命的是，对于主题与现实的关联有些肤浅。看完觉得最厉害的是巴尔扎克。
空虚的人生故事被很充实地表达了出来，吕西安和他的女伴们都有一颗赤诚的灵魂
-一本书很感人？那就说它故作感伤；
贵族文化盛行的时代，乡下的穷小子即使有着出色的才华，被巴黎的大染缸污染后还幻想能够左右逢缘恢复母亲的姓名登上贵族的平台，结果被人出卖失去了一切，最后回到了开始的地方。电影把巴黎社会各色各样的人进行了描绘，历史感很浓厚，虽然时间长了点，但静下心来还是能沉浸其中。
看约翰克利斯朵夫的时候就使劲儿想这个片名，终于翻到了。
乡村小子怀揣着自大的文学抱负逆袭失败，小丑一样的在贵族圈走了一遭，最后带着失败回到乡下
Mk2 Odéon côté Saint Michel
关于Lucien的两个情人，如果Louise和Lucien是少年时纯粹的爱情，Coralie和Lucien之间虽然在我看来更加纯粹，但起初Coralie更像是初到巴黎漂泊，又被Louise伤害的Lucien为自己找到的港湾。
服装，布景，摄影都很棒。
他贪婪，自大且张狂，温柔，善良且执着，他极具才华，又趋炎附势。他穿着朴素的白衬衫跑去巴黎，又画着贵族的眼线光着身子回到家乡的湖边。湖面波光潋滟，不过是大梦一场空。
再次为柯拉莉心痛一次。电影把小吕涮得真白，把妹夫那条线删完了。演得最好的是埃斯帕，看到她就想到禁治产开头那些话，不寒而栗……（西班牙教士，你在哪里？）
“巴黎”不仅仅是巴黎，更是世界上任何一座令人向往的城市。如果你想要长久立足于此，认清自己的位置，远比一切都来得重要。
许知远在2014年就把当时中国和18世纪的法国类比。都是新的传播媒介刚刚发明，信息爆炸。一边是印刷术，另一边是互联网。都是新媒体出现后鱼龙混杂，众生喧哗。但是巴尔扎克的出现后把文字拯救，把世间描绘。留下了《人间喜剧》。中国的巴尔扎克在哪里?
终于看到了一部有劲儿的电影？爽，终于没有虚度一个午后！
He stopped hoping, and started living. Everything has a price, even for the eternal restplace. In Paris, things are on sale, on display. There are trades everywhere, you trade your soul for money, for sex addiction, for social status, even for a little respect. Never learned the rules, you trade everything for nothing. Game over, illusions predues.
如果读过原著，可能就看不下去。主要展现了19世纪巴黎新闻业的虚假以及人不可能实现阶级跨越。最感动的是贵族夫人从始至终对Lucien的欣赏与爱慕。
这个不是爱情片。让我想起《俊友》那个话外音有点无聊了。男主演的好。懵懂无知到初涉世事，然后是出人头地到纸醉金迷，到幻灭迷失，最后方能大彻大悟！
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