It is Geraldine’s 3rd time at Busan 부산 but she is not tired of it. This time, she went there because of the Busan Film Festival! Woohoo!~~
In total, she caught a total of 8 films over 2 days and reserved the last day for her friends. On Friday, the 1st day that she was there, she watched 2 films which are a compilation of short films. They were interesting. Some were cute, some touching, some quite impossible to understand and some just fed her to the zee monster.
She also caught Haeundae 해운대. Watching Haeundae the movie at Haeundae the place was quite an experience. This movie was a blockbuster in Korea just a couple of months ago. It was such a touching story that made Geraldine and her friend, Qiuyi, 2 losers sitting at the back of the cinema sobbing. Haha. Currently their favourite movie of all the reason movies they have watched.
That night, Geraldine and her friend caught the Midnight Passion too, which is a movie marathon comprising of 3 movies starting from 2359hrs. Geraldine watched the 1st, slept the 2nd and continued watching the 3rd. The 1st movie was about vampires in Japan and it was not bad. All the vampires were quite ugly except the king vampire. Obviously this time the humans won but get ready for the sequel. The 2nd movie was about some police and gang, sorry Geraldine is unable to tell you anything much more. The 3rd movie was about how evil humans are and some parts were so disgusting it made Geraldine’s stomach stir. The film revolved around 4 prisoners and how a simple poker card game ended up with someone dead. ㅠㅠ
Geraldine wishes that she lived in Busan so that she can attend the film festival every year. This year it is in its 14th run. Ever watched a movie that puzzled you so much you wished the director was there so you could ask a few questions? At the festival, that’s just what you can do! For some of the screenings, there will be guest appearance of the directors and/or stars. And there will be a dialogue regarding the film.
There was one movie and Geraldine and her friends caught that was so puzzling and confusing and many people stayed behind to bombard the director with questions and it was interesting to hear what the others were thinking after watching the film. Apparently, many film major students were there too and it felt like a literature class at times.
Geraldine really loves the film festival. It definitely exposed her much more to the world of film-making and she for once begin to perceive a film as a piece of art instead of just something you go to with friends and eat popcorn, nachos and coke.
On the 3rd and last day in Busan, Geraldine dedicated her day to her friends in Busan. She met up with Qiuyi for lunch and went shopping, eating, chatting blah blah blah. In the evening, she was suppose to meet her Korean friend but he had something on last minute so it was just the girls. They went to Dadaepo Beach 다대포, where every night at 8pm there will be free musical fountain show. It was beautiful and much better than the old sentosa musical fountain. At least there wasn’t any lame storyline. Just music, lights and lots of water.
[pictures coming soon..]Geraldine just wants to grouse. Ain’t it hard when expectations aren’t met? Ain’t it hard when promises are broken time and again? Ain’t it hard when you know what’s left is just a fragment of a chance?
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