this was a haunting metaphor about love, violence, obsessions and redemption. Beautiful.

I've definitely heard great things about it & need to catch it before it's gooone.

It also works wonderfully as kind of Buddhism 101.

Heck, it is Buddhism 101, but it only comes off as preachy in one scene. I thought the film was beautifully shot, and fantastic.

Oh, agreed. And even that scene (I'm assuming you're referring to the one where the teacher talks about how attachments put people on the path to murder) has unbelievably resonant pay-off.

I love that film, arguably the most beautiful of the year. I thought it was really touching when the kid, at the beginning, has to carry the rock on his back and try to rescue the animals he tortured. When he finds the fish it's really sad.

I like the film but i slightly preferred the earlier Korean film Why did Bodhi-Dharma Leave for the East? (1988) which would seem to have influenced Spring, Summer.. Bodhi-Dharma is less formally structured, clearly a labour of love, carefully crafted, with a delicate eye for composition, allows time for meditation, rather more mysterious and felt to me somehow deeper.