Trauma can have a profound impact on memory, affecting both the formation and retrieval of memories. In the context of murder, witnesses, victims, and perpetrators may experience a range of psychological and emotional responses that can influence their memories of the event.
Bong Joon-ho’s is widely considered one of the greatest crime films ever made. While it follows the structure of a police procedural, it transcends the genre to become a haunting meditation on failure, the elusiveness of truth, and the collective trauma of a nation under military rule. Historical Context: The Hwaseong Serial Murders memories of murder
The film’s genius lies in its tonal chaos. It is laugh-out-loud funny (the leg-sweep montage) and morally devastating (the final basement scene) in the same breath. This is not a flaw; it is a reflection of reality. Life is not a genre. The cops who investigate murders go home and eat noodles. The victims are people with names and cheap shoes. The killer is just a silhouette in the rain. Trauma can have a profound impact on memory,
: Bong Joon-ho designed this shot so that if the real killer were in the audience, he would be staring directly into the eyes of the detective who had been hunting him for decades [15, 17, 26]. While it follows the structure of a police
