#17: "Minari" and film's title
Minari (2020) and its name
The name "Minari" is Korean. Korean was far from a widely spoken language, most of us would not able to understand what Minari is in the first place. Still, I was curious to find out what it is. I wonder if this an intention by the people that have chosen this name for the film - for it to act as an enigma. Anyway, I think it is an interesting choice for a name.
The name "Minari" is Korean. Korean was far from a widely spoken language, most of us would not able to understand what Minari is in the first place. Still, I was curious to find out what it is. I wonder if this an intention by the people that have chosen this name for the film - for it to act as an enigma. Anyway, I think it is an interesting choice for a name.
The symbolic meaning of Minari
In the film, Minari is a plant that grandma Soon Ja brings with hers from Korea. She said it can grow anywhere, even is the harshest condition. Indeed, when Jacob's garden require so much hard work, resources and dedication, Minari grew by itself in the creek bed slowly and unexpectedly. I think Minari resembles the Korean family in America. The creek bed was not fertile land, unlike the place David has picked for his garden. That non-fertile land related to the difficult situation that the family has been in: having to adapt to their new land, fighting with the financial crisis and the struggle between Jacob and Monica. We spent most of the film see Jacob taking care of his garden, yet the fire, in the end, has burned it all.
Minari booming in the creek bed, but how about them?
Though they lost the garden, they did boom in some way. After all those hardships, they was able to find love in each other, to find 'family' again. With the scene of the whole family lying down together and then ending with Jacob and David goes to Minari, I can see that with them together, they would able to overcome all the challenges, and then grow like...the Minari.
In the film, Minari is a plant that grandma Soon Ja brings with hers from Korea. She said it can grow anywhere, even is the harshest condition. Indeed, when Jacob's garden require so much hard work, resources and dedication, Minari grew by itself in the creek bed slowly and unexpectedly. I think Minari resembles the Korean family in America. The creek bed was not fertile land, unlike the place David has picked for his garden. That non-fertile land related to the difficult situation that the family has been in: having to adapt to their new land, fighting with the financial crisis and the struggle between Jacob and Monica. We spent most of the film see Jacob taking care of his garden, yet the fire, in the end, has burned it all.
Minari booming in the creek bed, but how about them?
Though they lost the garden, they did boom in some way. After all those hardships, they was able to find love in each other, to find 'family' again. With the scene of the whole family lying down together and then ending with Jacob and David goes to Minari, I can see that with them together, they would able to overcome all the challenges, and then grow like...the Minari.
Why I choose "Guilt" as the title
I want the audience to focus on the main theme - the guilt that creeps inside the character. Since in my film, it's something that would only be shown subtly, none certain of what she thinks and feels. Because I think emotions itself isn't always defined and can be certain of - thus, we rarely choose to bare what we feel from inside.
The inspiration for the name
The name is indeed inspired by a song. The Facade in the "Hyde and Jekyll" musical.
The song makes me deeply think of our often act of concealing our emotions. Most of us all hide the part that we perceived as the ugliest from others, I doubt one can say they all expose and open up about everything. I want the audience to get notice of as well as be able to touch the underneath emotions of my characters. For that, I make 'Guilt' the title.
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