(MOVIE)
Memories of Murder is based on South Korea's first serial-killer case, which occurred in the mid '80s. The victims are young, rural women murdered on rainy nights. Two country cops attempt to solve the mystery but fail miserably; a city cop also fails to capture the killer. What distinguishes
Memories of Murder from, say, a serial-killer movie like
Seven, is the total absence of God in the film. In
Memories of Murder there is no God, and therefore no solution. (
Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 267-5380. $5-$8, June 10-15, 7:00 pm and 9 pm.)
CHARLES MUDEDE