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For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is Naked (1993), often considered the magnum opus of renowned British auteur Mike Leigh, whose drama Another Year (2010) we previously watched. It follows an aimless scumbag (played by David Thewlis) who wanders the streets of London at night and gets up to various sociopathic and sometimes darkly-humorous antics. Often compared to the likes of Joker (2019), American Psycho (2000), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Taxi Driver (1976), and the like. God Damn the UKKK: The Movie. Rave reviews for this pretty much everywhere.

Next up is Joint Security Area (2000), a political thriller from Park Chan-wook, whose works we have watched several times on Hextube (The Handmaiden [2016], Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance [2002], Lady Vengeance [2005], Decision to Leave [2022].) After two DPRK soldiers are shot in the DMZ at the border of the Korean occupation zone, a Swiss mediator arrives to investigate the case, and two conflicting accounts arise: one from the DPRK, and one from occupied Korea. Which one will be correct? Hope it doesn’t lib out. At any rate, this is considered one of Park’s best films, so let’s check it out.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Naked: https://letterboxd.com/film/naked/
• Joint Security Area: https://letterboxd.com/film/joint-security-area/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Naked: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/20038
• Joint Security Area: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/21642

CWs for Naked:

• Sexual assault: there is a r*pe scene about 65 minutes in. I will put a CW in chat for this part.
• The main character is also implied to have assaulted other women, though this is not directly shown.
• Stalking.
• Domestic violence.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Broken bones.
• Tooth damage.
• Torture.
• Gaslighting.
• Cheating.
• Shower scene.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Needles.
• Self-harm.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Claustrophobia.
• Abortions.
• Hate speech.
• Sex.
• Nudity.
• A child is told that Santa Claus does not exist.
• Blood and gore.
• British people.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Joint Security Area:

• Gaslighting.
• Bugs.
• Death by falling.
• Hospital scene.
• Suicide.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Naked: https://tankie.tube/w/mcMnRAoWuAiAWvJb5XY6Hq
• Joint Security Area: https://tankie.tube/w/r7JjoUvfc2U4GBokg6JPx6