The Curse of February 29th

• A murder has occurred every February 29th at this tollgate ticket booth. Fact or myth? The ticket girls working this evening's shift discuss this mystery. After all, tonight is February 29th. There is dark vehicle approaching. The driver is holding a bloody ticket in his hands. Soon, one of these girls will die. The other will have a nervous breakdown. She will find herself locked up in a mental a

Description The stories that IM Sang-soo tries to tell deal with the lives of modern Koreans. He feels that the responsibility placed upon him as a storyteller is the history of "here and now" untold by older Korean directors of the same period. IM is practically the only director now making films that take a long look at the lives of contemporary Koreans without losing their historical sense. The major interest of this book is in examining the way in which his films observe the lives of modern Kor! eans. He does not view experimentation in style and form as important, but he realized early on that the stories he sought to tell often demanded unconventional form, and he has worked on polishing the formal beauty within his films to a dazzling degree.This special edition contains both the original 1960 "Housemaid" film, and the 2010 remake on two DVDs. These DVDs are all-region NTSC format, and will play in North America. Both films feature the original Korean language tracks and English subtitles. Special features for the 1960 movie include a commentary, image comparison documentary, and a photo gallery. Special features for the 2010 film include a trailer, a teaser, and a photo gallery. Both films are uncut.

1960 FILM SYNOPSIS: A suspenseful and disturbing tale of obsession and guilt. Dong-sik (Kim Jin-kyu) is a music teacher whose wife (Ju Jeung-ryu) is expecting a baby. The couple already has two children, and Dong-sik is having trouble covering the bills now that they've moved into a bigger house at his wife's insistence. Hoping to make things easier for his spouse, Dong-sik hires a young woman (Lee Eun-shim) to help with the household chores. However, the new housekeeper has a secret -- she was a close friend of a woman who lost her job and then her life as a result of Dong-sik's betrayal of a confidence. Soon the new housekeeper is using her sensual wiles to lure Dong-sik into infidelity and wrecking her revenge against him and his loved ones.

2010 FILM SYNOPSIS: An official selection of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Eun-yi, a middle-aged poor divorcee, is hired as an upper class family housemaid. But soon enough, the master of the house, Hoon, takes advantage of his social position by slipping into her sheets. Hoon's visits become frequent and Byung-sik, an old housemaid, reports the affair to Hoon's mother in law, who plots to give her daughter, Hae-ra, control over her husband. Soon Eun-yi miraculously becomes pregnant and wants to keep the baby. This is discovered by the family and she's forced to have an abortion despite her plea to let her keep the baby and leave the house. This traumatic event causes a mental breakdown and she decides to take matters into her own hands.The most beautiful if not the scariest horror movie in ages - tv guide's movie guideCURSE OF FEBRUARY 29TH - DVD Movie