Darcy Paquet, best known as a translator for the film Parasite, expressed his opinion on his Twitter: ŌĆ£I stopped teaching Kim Ki-dukŌĆśs films in my classes in 2018 when the program about his sexual assaults screened on Korean TV. If someone does such awful violence to people in real life, itŌĆÖs just wrong to celebrate him. I donŌĆÖt care if heŌĆÖs a genius (and I donŌĆÖt think he was).ŌĆØ
ŌĆö Darcy Paquet (@darcypaquet) December 11, 2020 Pierce Conran, Crush And Blush director Lee Kyung MiŌĆÖs husband and a film critic, also write some strong words on his Facebook: ŌĆ£When the sudden news of Kim Ki-dukŌĆÖs death hit the wire today, I initially resisted the urge to speak ill of the dead, but IŌĆÖm saddened to see so many gushing laments (largely from the west) about the passing of a great artist with little to no mention of his horrific behaviour on set. His contribution to cinema should never be forgotten, but nor should the victims of his monstrous sexual abuse.ŌĆØ https://www.facebook.com/pierce.conran/posts/10100343421901924 While the Korean film industry has not officially paid tribute at the group level, only some filmmakers are leaving messages of condolence in their social media accounts. Director Kim Ki Duk debuted in 1996 with the film Crocodile and became the only South Korean director to win awards at the worldŌĆÖs top three film festivals, Cannes, Venice and Berlin ŌĆŌĆØ BerlinŌĆÖs Silver Bear with Samaria; CannesŌĆÖ Prix un certain regard with Arirang; VeniceŌĆÖs Silver Lion with 3-Iron and Golden Lion with Piet├Ā. However, his shining achievements were disgraced when he got involved in the #MeToo movement back in 2017. Source (1)
