Boksuneun naui geot

If you thought the Japanese made some freaky flicks you need to see what the Koreans can cook up.
Park Chan Wook's "Boksuneun naui geot" (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance) is a good start.
I keep watching this every time it shows up..usually on Sundance or IFC. So throw some panchan on the coffee table and settle in and watch this masterpiece.

In Seoul, the deaf and dumb worker Ryu is very attached to his sister, who needs a transplantation of kidney. He tries to donate his own kidney to his sister, but his blood B type is not compatible with her. When Ryu is fired from Ilshin Electronics, he meets illegal dealers of organs and the criminals propose Ryu's kidney plus ten millions Won per a kidney suitable for his sister. Ryu accepts the trade, but he does not have money to pay for the surgery. His anarchist revolutionary girlfriend Cha Young-mi convinces him to kidnap Yossun, the daughter of his former employer Park, who owns Ilshin Electronics. However, a tragedy happens, generating revenge and a series of acts of violence.

oh yeah

Happy fortysomething Birthday to Houston Sister #2 who hasn't spoken to me since 2001. I would send you something like I used to but I don't have your address and I don't know your 2nd husband's name since you never told me you got married. Have a good one. Say hello to your mother and His Most Holy Imenseness, High Lord and Chief Grand Poobah of Memphis, Step-GrandPaw and Keeper of the Most Holy Inheritance Codicil.