“The Bow” Analysis and Review: In “The Bow”, Kim Ki-duk Portrays an Unusual, Possessive, Obsessive, and Heartwrenching Love Story on an Aloof Fishing Boat in the Middle of the Sea
Kim Ki-duk’s The Bow is an unusual, deeply emotional, spiritual, and heartwrenching love story. It carries two opposite dimensions simultaneously. On one hand, it shows control, restriction, and possessiveness; on the other hand, it depicts an obsessive, self-sacrificing love story. The entire film is woven with spirituality and numerous spiritual metaphors. An old man (Jeon …
