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The Red Shoes. I liked it, but I'm not sure I fully understood what was going on. I did have a couple of interruptions during the movie, so I'll probably have to sit down and rewatch it when I get a chance. Of course that's pretty much par for the course as far as Asian movies go.:D I do have a couple of questions, so if you haven't watched the movie you might want to stop reading now.
1. I get that the mother was the reincarnation of the mean woman from the past (the one who took the shoes from the soon-to-be hunchbacked old woman). Was Tae-soo the reincarnation of the ballet dancer who fell down the stairs? I ask because of the ballet connection and her morbid fascination with the shoes.
2. I listened to the director's commentary during a couple of key scenes, and he kept talking about Tae-soo symbolizing the red shoes. Huh???? Does that mean that Tae-soo was dead or am I completely off in left field?
3. Building off of #2, what the heck happened to both the mom and Tae-soo? I have my hunches, but I'm curious to hear what someone smarter than me has to say. One of the people in the commentary said it was obvious in the script, but apparently the director made it more open-ended for the film.
Thanks in advance.
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