Omg yes. It’s so underrated as well, it’s hardly discussed or reviewed anywhere. It’s the only Park Chan-Wook movie which I can rewatch any time without depleting my emotions 😅
Great talk, park is so charismatic yet gentle and gracious. Translation was almost word by word 😅 I’d find it hard to piece together park’s words too he’s very careful with choice of words and very descriptive. Different from bong who tends to be more witty and fast.
한국사람중에 통일 원하는 사람은 90%는 절대 아니고 연령이 높을수록 찬성 비율은 높지만 연령이 낮을수록 상대적으로 찬성 비율이 떨어짐 동독과 서독과 비슷할 거라고 생각하면 절대 안되는게 북한과 한국은 살아온 환경도 완전히 다르고 사고방식이나 생활수준 차이가 너무 많이 나서 당장 통일되면 재앙이나 다름없고 적어도 통일에 앞서 수십년간은 서로 평화로운 관계가 만들어지고 북한이 민주화되고 자유화돼 어느 정도 사고방식이나 생활방식이 개선되는 게 더 필요할 듯
It’s based on a novel fingersmith by sarah waters. Someone (wife or friend can’t remember) recommended the book to him and when he got to the bit where sue grinds maud’s sharp tooth with the thimble he wanted to visualise it and make it into a movie. He works with various female staff and have been for a long time. All of them get involved right from the start and make a tremendous input. He says if his movie wins best script (he’s worked with the same female writer since I’m a cyborg) he can claim some of the credit and similarly if he wins best director it’s as if the writer has won it too. On a side note he’s a liberal man like many korean directors of the korean new wave.