:: the bow ::

THE BOW screens tomorrow, Saturday, April 1 at 9:15PM.

Kim Ki-duk, the most popular and successful Korean film director in the U.S. has made 12 films...but THE BOW marked his first invitation the Cannes Festival, where it premiered in the Un Certain Regard section.

Here's a great interview with Kim, who discusses his five years in the Korean Marine Corps, and his upcoming projects: a movie whose main character is a gun, Buddhist religious war in Asia, and a movie ab out a woman who tries to abandon her beautiful look.

An here's an interesting review by Kirk Honeycutt, 2003 LVHIFF Golden Maile Juror and Hollywood reporter correspondent, on the twin pursuits of Kim Ki-Duk: allegorical storytelling and silent movie. techniques.