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I just saw this film tonight...loved it, absolutely loved every moment. 
And wrote this immediately after: 

Spring, summer, fall, winter and spring was a fable pondering an idea I have encountered before in primary readings of Eastern philosophy. But what blows me away about this film is that this idea can be presented so beautifully and so convincingly in an art-form. Cinema is a legitimate medium of expression after all 

The idea is that of mans inevitable sufferings in the world of desires, the world of civilization as we know it. The path to spiritual peace lies in a renunciation of the world of desires. One must be free from all attachments to be free from torments. This idea is truth, it is wisdom. 

Being aware of this idea is one thing, but presenting it on screen in a manner that is so impactful as to convince is the work of wisdom and genius combined. Shot after shot of unsurpassable visual beauty punctuate simple but deeply meaningful allegorical fables. An education is contained in this film of astonishing brilliance. Pure inspiration and supreme artistic sensibility have found human form in Kim Ki-Duk.