gang jae: why did you bring the tangerines? why bring three of them when your bag is so small?
bu jeong: i dont want to talk about it
gang jae: okay
after a long pause as they lie silently, facing opposite each other
bu jeong: it's been so long... it's been so long since i met with someone that i didn't know what to bring. they were on the table. so i just brought them.
gang jae: so this is like a picnic to you then?
bu jeong: no. i just....felt like disappearing. sometimes, i hate myself so much that i wish i could just disappear. the sun went down. i was hungry but i didn't want to do anything and then a thought occured to me "i want to die like i'm floating away somewhere"... but on my way here... i felt good. i thought "why did i bring the tangeries?" but the tangerine was sweet. i thought "why did i wear ill fitting shoes?" but it felt great taking them off. the bathroom was large. i was sitting. now im lying down....i also want to go home. i want to see my dad. i think i know what you mean about a stream trickling down your heart, although I cant explain it.
gang jae: if by chance, we meet again by coincidece, not like today, do you want to die with me?
lost (2021), dir hur jin ho, park hung soo // jacques prévert // via pinterest // b moore // alessia d cesare
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USERDRAMAS: EVENT 10 - EMOTION ⇢ heartbreak
USERDRAMAS: GET TO KNOW ME BINGO: TROPES ⇢ single tear
It's such a quiet death, the breaking of a heart.
― Excerpt from MODERN ROMANTICS - LHZ
↳ Shin Se-kyung as Oh Mi-joo in RUN ON (2021) / Ryu Jun-yeol as Lee Kang-jae in LOST (2021) / Choi Woo-shik & Kim Da-mi as Choi Woong & Kook Yeon-soo in OUR BELOVED SUMMER (2022) / Bae Doo-na as Han Yeo-jin in SECRET FOREST 2 (2021) / Nam Joo-Hyuk & Kim Tae-ri as Baek Yi-jin & Na Hee-do in TWENTY FIVE, TWENTY ONE (2022)
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Though I try hard to be alone, I can't be alone. I think about this kind of sweet apprehension. What can I do for this person? What can I be for that person? Maybe not being anything, or trying hard to be something, but rather being honest to myself is the kind of love that I can give.
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so i'm trying to watch Lost again bc i dropped it in ep 12 back when it was airing (pretty long, keeping it under a cut bc it's not very positive so open at your own risk if you like the show)
i was in a drama slump for months and i admit that i was on my phone for half the time it was playing on tv (and ngl i had My Mister expectations for it, but now i know you just Shouldn't Expect ykwim)
anyway now that i'm a little older and maybe more mindful as a viewer (and i'm giving it my absolute best shot by keeping my phone in another room damn it), i'm in the middle of ep 2 and i just … don't know if there's value in continuing it
it's not really a plot show, so it's not bc i already more or less know what'll happen (bc i don't rly remember lol). it's more like… i acknowledge that the writing is good, the characters are good (personally like Gangjae and Just the most rn, but that's bc the "loveline" between Just and Naeun's character hasn't started yet), the actors are good (except the mother in law who, aside from being written to be annoying, also has an annoying actress)— BUT i think it's the directing and execution of things that i dislike about it
first, i'm generally not a fan of episodes that go beyond 1 hr and 10 mins (and 10 mins is pushing it). i get that the slowness is part of delivering the mood of the show, so that's not my problem with it. i have other issues w the execution of things that probably contribute to (what i would consider to be) its unnecessary length
second, the monologues are well-written, but I remember struggling to keep up w/ them or remember what they were saying bc the pauses between lines were a little too long, OR the shots shown while it's in the voiceover are so far removed from what they're saying and it's essentially information overload from 2 different sources.
third, the scoring makes it feel like a 2000s melodrama. it's sooooo dated that i can't believe this is from 2021. there's this one "silly goofy" guitar track (you would know which one) that sounds like the same silly goofy track from Misaeng back in 2014 like ???? i loved that show and its directing was ahead of its time, but modern shows should not still be reminding me of it
ALL THIS TO SAY is there value in continuing, given that my issues aren't with the writing but with the execution??? so it's not like, "oh you just have to stick around and it'll get better/they'll grow on you" (which is still subjective btw); the execution will continue to be this way until the end. i won't speak badly of it like i kinda did before, but i just don't think i can immerse myself and feel what i'm supposed to feel. i also don't want to miss out on a good show, but then again, there are times when a good show just doesn't stick to you, and this might be one of those cases
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“Sometimes, occasionally, I sink deep into the thought of what love is, which is something I’ve never thought of before. Not being at the receiving end of love, but being the one to give love, and creating space for that person inside me. The space grows. Then in the end, I am filled only with that person. I think about this kind of listless pain. Though I try hard to be alone, I can’t be alone - I think about this kind of sweet apprehension. What can I do for that person? What can I be for that person? Maybe not being anything, or trying hard to be something, but rather being honest with myself, is the kind of love that I can give.”
- LOST (2021) dir. Hur Jin Ho
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