Surrealism and Ki-Duk Kim

An attempt to document my thoughts after yet another Ki-Duk Kim movie. This time it was Bi-Mong aka Dream. Like any of his other movies, this left me speechless, my mouth dry, and my thoughts out-of-world. Spoilers ahead!
As far as I could understand ( haven't IMDB'd it yet ), this movie was about the limitations of our reality and how resolving certain issues requires one to end all association with the current reality. In mundane terms, this is perhaps one of the few films which shows a person suffering, working hard to fix his issues, and then shows suicide as the only resolution. Though the issues faced by both the people aren't based on typical sound reasoning, that is besides the point. Adequate mix of reason in mystic themes and added Arabian-ish Music is perhaps the best stimulus for an open mind. During the one and a half hours of the movie and an hour after, your mind cannot simple fathom the trivialities of this world. For a while _nothing_ really matters.
Ki-Duk Kim's movies are almost like a new form of stimulating the brain - just like Audio and Video. But using combination of these at the base layer, this director takes you to another level, where you are not analysing the song, or watching the movie as a bunch of sequences or like a story line. His movies talk to you in a language you cannot express, but you understand. It amazes me how he pulls out these highly abstract ideas, and their meta-ideas, effortlessly.
If you are planning to watch your first Ki-Duk Kim, I strongly suggest Bin Jip aka 3-Iron. It is my favourite and has relatively unambiguous interpretations. Other movies like The Isle, and The Bow require deeper levels of appreciation, some perhaps bordering on the edge of sanity.