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Film Screening
Barking dogs never bite
Directed by Bong, Joon-ho 2000
25 July 2008
A low-ranking university lecturer, strained by financial
constraints and his wife’s pregnancy, snaps one night at
the incessant barking of a neighbour’s puppy. After seizing
the dog and exacting a cruel revenge, he nonetheless fails
to secure the peace and quiet he so desires. Meanwhile,
an employee at the apartment office receives a notice
from a young girl about her missing dog.
Barking Dogs Never Bite is hard to characterise part
comedy and part cruel social satire, the film is spiced
with scenes and characters who seem unique to Korean
cinema. The film neither looks nor feels like an art film,
but yet on closer viewing, the aesthetic it creates is both
complex and extremely well-executed.
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