Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring

A Korean film, written and directed by Kim Ki-duk, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring, is a delight for the eye and a meditation on the phases of life. This is a movie of little dialogue. It is filmed in a single location - a lake and a temple in the middle of the lake. A row boat decorated with Buddhist imagery, a temple gate, and a lovely clean, fast flowing stream/creek make up 95 % of the scenery. It's a story about nature, attachment/detachment, suffering/acceptance, health/illness. But that doesn't begin to capture the central unity of the film. In Korean, Gong-seong, or sunyata is as close as what I could say the content is. But I can be so wrong...