Q&A: Park Chan-wook on love, genre and ‘Decision to Leave’
2 years, 2 months ago

Q&A: Park Chan-wook on love, genre and ‘Decision to Leave’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Long before Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” triumphed at the Oscars and “Squid Game” circled the globe, Park Chan-wook was astonishing worldwide audiences with his sumptuously stylistic, outrageously violent and devilishly elaborate vision of Korean cinema. His latest, “Decision to Leave,” is in some ways more restrained than Park’s previous films. Ahead of the film’s release in theaters Friday, Park met a reporter during a break at the New York Film Festival. Through an interpreter, he discussed making “Decision to Leave”, his role in expanding Korean cinema’s footprint and why — regardless of bloody hammers or octopuses eaten whole — love has always really been his main subject.

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Park Chan-wook: ‘I wanted to make a film that’s classical and elegant’
1 year, 11 months ago

Park Chan-wook: ‘I wanted to make a film that’s classical and elegant’

Live Mint  

In November, I unexpectedly got a chance to see Park Chan-wook’s Thirst on the big screen. “He’s a regular person,” Park said about the Swedish investigator. Park denies any influence of Vertigo—a film he’s a big fan of—on Decision To Leave’s two-part structure. “I thought, this is too much, I want to make a film that’s classical and elegant,” he …

‘Decision to Leave’ movie review: Park Chan-wook reinvents storytelling in a quiet film that is more romance than mystery
2 years ago

‘Decision to Leave’ movie review: Park Chan-wook reinvents storytelling in a quiet film that is more romance than mystery

The Hindu  

Take an illicit romance, a violent crime fuelled by vengeance and the consequences of these actions that reach forth to drown you, and you get a Park Chan-wook film. Decision to Leave Director: Park Chan-wook Cast: Tang Wei, Park Hae-il, Lee Jung-hyun, Park Yong-woo, Go Kyung-pyo, Yoo Seung-mok, and others Duration: 139 minutes Storyline: Following the trail of clues into …

The Park Chan-wook interview: On ‘Decision to Leave’ and the art of making sensual cinema
2 years ago

The Park Chan-wook interview: On ‘Decision to Leave’ and the art of making sensual cinema

The Hindu  

Detective Jang Hae-jun only sees his wife Jung-An during weekends. Of course, there are quite a few trademark aesthetic designs that Decision to Leave shares too: detective Hae-jun uses eye drops throughout, as if to suggest that his vision is blurred; often the camera zooms on Hae-jun’s ring, and the “stain” from ring marks on Seo-rae’s finger; Hae-jun tells his …

Why Park Chan-wook crafted ‘Decision to Leave’ so love is more mysterious than murder
2 years ago

Why Park Chan-wook crafted ‘Decision to Leave’ so love is more mysterious than murder

LA Times  

Director Park Chan-wook’s film ‘Decision to Leave’ follows two tracks — a noir mystery and a romance of sorts. “The goal was to make a love story that does not say the words, ‘I love you.’ I wanted to make the audience feel more curious and impatient about their relationship,” he says. But that’s just the beginning of the experience …

Review: Park Chan-wook’s thrilling mystery ‘Decision to Leave’ is noir at its most nourishing
2 years, 2 months ago

Review: Park Chan-wook’s thrilling mystery ‘Decision to Leave’ is noir at its most nourishing

LA Times  

At first glance — and it rewards several glances — “Decision to Leave” seems to tell the story of a police detective and the beautiful woman who upends his dull, well-ordered existence. “Decision to Leave,” which won Park a directing prize at Cannes and will represent South Korea in the Oscars’ international feature race, is a movie of subtler, more …

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