Oldboy
Oh Dae-su, who lived with his wife and young daughter, is kidnapped on his way home while drunk. He is locked in a room for 15 years - without windows, without explanation, and without any contact to others. All he has is a TV, Chinese dumplings, and a growing desire for revenge. When he is suddenly freed, Oh Dae-su searches every Chinese restaurant to find the person who imprisoned him. However, what awaited him is not freedom, but a cruel truth entangled with revenge, guilt, and love. Who did this to him? And more importantly, why? The answer is deeply personal and devastating. Oldboy is the second film in Park Chan-wook’s revenge trilogy, a work where his flamboyant style blends perfectly with a dark and poetic vibe. At the time, it was received as shocking and daring, but it has since established itself as a representative film of the 2000s cinema.
Supporting Film: Selbstverwirklichung
A person converses with themselves, with their self, three times. I, yes, I, no, myself, I, yes, self, no, I yes, no, I, self, yes, no, yes, we, yes, we, no, self, we... Pure meditation! In Prof. Stephan Krass's poetry film seminar in 2008, Elmar Farchmin's funny adaptation of Peter Straßberger's poem was created along with many other films of the genre. The name Elmar Farchmin sounds very funny, and his film is no less so. Hats off, one of our favorites from the poetry catalog!
Supporting Film: Translation
A person experiences changes in their environment that become part of an alternative reality. The descriptive text is short and concise, just like the video. As always in the poetry film category, this film is also based on a poem: “Translation” by Conor O'Callaghan. On the other hand, the film is based on the fact that Valentin Pfister can make cool videos and two of his friends (Grischa Erbe, Lukas Hager) can make music that is no less cool. Together, this results in what we think is a very cool poetry film or a cool video.