Tagged: park chan-wook

Park Chan-wook’s Stoker Trailer

‘Personally speaking, I can’t wait to watch your life tear you apart.’ The long-awaited trailer for Park Chan-wook’s English debut film Stoker is finally out. And despite the spoiler, it still looks quite fantastic.

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Oldboy (2003)

Dirty walls. A bed. A bathroom. A television. Meals that mysteriously appear three times a day. Complete and utter isolation. This is Oh Dae-su’s existence for 15 years.

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YAM Loves: Doona Bae

Her strong character and her work ethic are what make Doona Bae a stand out amongst the vast sea of actors worldwide. She is humble about her beginnings as an actress and continues to shine at what she does without ever giving herself airs of superiority.

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Korean Films: We Aren’t All About Vengeance

Is it wrong to judge a movie’s sentimentalism when it’s actually a cultural thing, whether or not you show your over-dramatic feelings? Is everything supposed to be emotion free to be well regarded “internationally”? Maybe. Maybe we should stop seeing foreign films with our foreign eyes and begin watching their films like they watch them.

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Korean Cinema vs. Korean Television

It’s quite clear (from the movies I’ve seen) that Korean movies are ballsy. They aren’t afraid to be graphic, they aren’t afraid to tell it as it is. They aren’t even afraid to play with taboo issues such as incest and cannibalism. So why aren’t Korean television dramas showing the same artistic freedom?

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Why I Love Korean Cinema

It’s a week of Korean extravaganza and who better than me to talk about it? *laughs* Well, jokes aside, there is something about Korean cinema that really intrigues me and here is my chance to talk about it!