Misc...

Recently i watched a Korean movie, one which seemed like a new one. I'd missed about 10-15 minutes of the movie by the time i happened to find that channel. It was a simple tale - a little boy comes to live with his grandmother in a village for his vacation and returns to his folks after a while. That's it!
It was a mini-Pather Panchali of sorts. As in PP, you are "taken" to the place where the 'action' takes place. Minimalistic dialogues (the granny is mute), beautiful imagery and a very good musical store. The pace is totally relaxed. The movie seems to have no agenda and the visuals speak for themselves. It is touching too, especially in the last even when you can clearly see it coming. The kid is a totally urbanized "McDonald" kind and he hates his time there initially. The granny is one whom we would have all seen in India. Unconditional love. Unlike what one would expect, there is no 360-degree-turn from the boy but rather he still retains his spoilt-brat inconsiderate behaviour even towards the end. However, he is clearly moved even if you can see no excessive sentiment shows in the movie.
I was reminded of movies like Cinema Paradiso and Autograph which many hail as classics. Somehow, these two never moved me like Pather Panchali or even this apparently obscure Korean movie.

P.S: By the way, is the original DVD of "Hey Ram" [Thamizh] available anywhere???