3-iron

saw 3-iron, by korean director ki-duk kim. he makes varying and pretty interesting movies. other movies of his i've seen are "bad guy", "the isle" and "spring, summer, fall, winter,... and spring". i've noticed that in all the above movies the main character(s) hardly speak.

this one is about this homeless guy (he never once utters a single word throughout the movie) who breaks into people's houses when they've gone out on vacation or something - stays there for a day or two, uses their bath and kitchen, clothes etc.; but doesn't steal anything, and moreover repairs any broken stuff, does their laundary and keeps everything back in place before leaving. the movie eventually becomes a touching romance - visually poetic, emotionally poignant and makes very beautiful use of silence.

"The movie notes that the human eye is able only to take in 180 degrees of vision, and it strongly recommends using the remaining 180 for our heart's most secret desires. As long as we're very, very quiet about it."