Bong Joon Ho

The first movie that I watched in Chennai was Bong Joon Ho's Mother (Madeo in Korean) at the South Indian Film Chamber here in Anna Salai, in a Korean movie festival. A superb and moving film, it is about a mother whose mentally challenged son is accused of murder, driving her to prove it false, in whatever manner possible.
The first Bong Joon ho movie that I had watched was Memories of Murder, certainly the best movie that I have seen, made in this decade. This was only his second feature film. No doubt that he is a special moviemaker.
Here I am posting 4 of his shorts here, here, here and here, made in his student times and a nice commentary on his work that I had come across.
A nice thing about both Mother and Memories of Murder were that first and the last scenes. The first scene in Memories of Murder (which I was watching in my ISI days, when I wasn't very aware of directors, etc etc, like the whole baggage that comes with a movie) assured me that I was in for a super ride. In case of Mother, I was already aware of Bong Joon Ho, so the first scene in this case merely reiterated that it will be something. Now the last scene in both the movies is totally absolutely mind blowing, and I dont mean like a twist or anything, there were twists, no doubt, but its something else about those scenes, like the haunting look on Song Kang-ho's face, straight into the camera and the spectacular sun-through-the bus scenes in the last scene of Mother. Special!