( this have be edit for space ) chan wook park new film be a complex film that be not easy to classify . nominally a horror movie and the central character be a vampire and the film actually have element of comedy and theology and melodrama and cultural invasion ( and it analog of viral invasion of a body ) and romance and few other thing a well . it a film that have almost too much on it mind . the film take it own matter and mix them with classic european literature and in this case emile zola thérèse raquin . it an odd mix that doesn not always gel and but none the less have an incredible power . here it be almost 24 hour since i saw the film at lincoln center ( with a post film discussion by the director ) and i find my cage be increasingly rattle . it not so much what happen be bothersome and it more that it wide reaching story and it theme ring a lot of bell in retrospect . the plot of the film have a will love priest decide that the best way to help mankind be to volunteer for a medical experiment to find a cure for a terrible disease . infect with the disease he eventually succumb and dy and but because of a transfusion of vampiric blood ( it not explain ) he actually survive . hail a a miracle worker the priest return to the hospital where he have be minister to the sick . unfortunately all be not well . the priest find that he need blood to survive . he also find that he have all of the typical problem of a vampire and and it no not possible for him to go out during the day . thing become even more complicated when he become reacquaint with a childhood friend and his family . the priest and some of his animal passion awaken becomes take with the wife of his friend . from there it all go sideways . an ever changing film and this be a story that spin through a variety of genre a it tell the very human story of a man who find that his life have be radically alter by a chance event and find that he be no longer who he think he be . it a film that you have to stay with to the end because the film be forever evolve into something else . it also a film that have a great deal on it mind and the theme it playing with be constantly be explore in a variety of waysthe film have enough go on that one could and and people probably will and write book discuss the film . the two of the strong part of the film be it vampiric element and it romance the vampire part of the tale be brilliant . there be something about how it lay out the ground rule and the nature of the affliction that make such perfect sense that it kind of push the old vampire idea aside . sit in the theater last night i find myself amaze at how impressed how well it work . i think the fact that it play more or less straight be what be so earth shake . here be a vampire who just want to have a normal life . it contrast with what happen later and it make clear that live an existence of hunt human really isn not go to work . it not the dark world of twilight or lose boy and rather it something else . i personally think that the film change the playing field from a hip cool idea or dream into something more real and tangible . ( the sequence where the power kick in be just way cool ) the romance be also wonderfully handle . sure the sex scene be steamy and well do and but it the other stuff and the look and the talk and the gesture outside of the sex that make this special . i love the look and the quiet stare a the forbidden couple look at each other hunger for each other and unable to act and the disappointment and heartbreak of betrayal both real and suspect and and the mad passion of possible consummation . this be one of the great screen romance of all time . it perfectly capture the feeling and emotion of deep passionate love ( and lust ) . if you have ever love deeply i be guess you will find some part of your hear on screen and i know i do . the statement i just want to spend eternity with you have a sad poignancy to it . it both a statement of what be the intention as well a the depth of emotion . the tragic romance will break your heart . i would not lie to you and say that the film be perfect and great . it not and as good a the piece be and almost all of them be great ( especially the actor who i have unjustly fail to hail a amazing ) the whole doesn not always come together . the various genre and thematic element and tone occasionally grate against each other . frequently i be wonder where the film be go . i hung in there even though the film seem to be wander about aimlessly . i like the film a great deal . i love the piece more than the film a a whole . it be ping around in my head since i saw it and and i be guess that it will do so for several day more . like or love be irrelevant since this be a film that really should be see since it have so much go on that it will provide you with enough material to think and talk about for day afterward . one of the meaty and most filling film of the year .