The Housemaid (DVD)

The Housemaid (DVD)Lee Jung jae stars in this remake of Kim Ki Young's classic 1960 film, this Korean thriller charts the destructive sexual relationship between a rich and powerful man and his newly appointed young housemaid. Recently divorced and strapped for cash, Eunyi (Do yeon Jeon) takes a job as a housemaid and nanny to a wealthy family. There she is presided over by the senior maid, Byungshik (Yeo jong Yun) and forms a strong friendship with her young charge,

Components:

Antonioni’s statements about the film after its 1960 Cannes Film Festival premiere

Junky is a field report (by a writer trained in anthropology at Harvard) from the American post-war drug underground

In this comedic thriller

without words but rather through some combination of magic

The album was a commercial and critical success that captured the spirit of its time

and unity in the context of a nation that is

only those who can conquer their fear will survive

Without sentimentality

some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding

and Indiana Jones

and entirely timeless