1996 · drama · debut · auteur
Crocodile
Directed by Kim Ki-duk1h 42m1996
Under the Han River lives Crocodile, a rugged member of the lumpenproletariat who exists from schemes and stealing. His position as a scavenger of society undermines South Korea’s boasts of its newfound economic position as an Asian Tiger. One day, Crocodile finds a girl floating in his river.
Our read: Crocodile (1996) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive drama · debut · auteur entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / debut, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
- intimate
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