Painted Fire

Korea

Biopic about a famous Korean painter who lived in the 19th century. He was badly abused by a crude, apparently bestial society in his youth and grew up to be a brutal, drunken asshole. Watta surprise. But he could paint well in the Korean style and overturned many of the formal rules that had constricted art in that country.

But he was still an insufferable jerk and the film was no fun to watch in spite of the beautiful cine and the abundance of beautiful art used in the set design.

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