Park Chan Wook: Genius of Korean Cinema | Korea Deconstructed
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- Опубликовано: 29 июн 2024
- Park Chan-wook is a master of movie making. And he's seemingly getting better with age. Leaving the sex and violence of previous hits such as Oldboy, JSA, and The Handmaiden behind him, Decision to Leave / 헤어질 결심 (2022) explores the relationship between a Korean man and a Chinese woman, completely incompatible, seemingly madly in love, and destined to destroy each other. These two roles are played expertly by Tang Wei and Park Hae-il.
"The moment you said you loved me, your love ended. And the moment your love ended, my love began.”
The movie is a piece of art: a poem. It encourages you to watch it multiple times, with each viewing providing greater insight into the layers constructed: through sound, language, visuals, and mis-en-scene.
I sat down with two Korean women, Jimin and Yunsuh, and a Chinese woman, Jessie, to explore this movie from a variety of perspectives: art, beauty, gender, love, and morality. Each of them provided views and insights I would never have found myself. And yet, it still feels like there is so much that went unsaid.
Discussion Outline
0:00 First Impressions
13:40 Park Chan-wook and Gender
18:46 Park Chan-wook’s Style
25:45 Is Decision to Leave Romantic?
34:58 Asian Vibes: The Mountains and the Sea
43:06 Tang Wei
1:08:25 Poetry, Yeokbek, and McGuffins
1:19:30 The Ending of the Movie
1:38:50 Haejoon: The Male Lead
1:59:52 Park Chan Wook and the Oscars
2:08:00 A movie, a Book, a Song
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Film was amazing, so much eye candy and layers to the story telling thru visuals and dialogue. That focus changing in the reflection scene was top shelf, so many cool things like that or the mountain/water dynamics thru out that really kept me engaged the whole way thru the film. My friends can't take endings like that tho they were broken after lol but I'll take a good tearjerker any day.
I appreciate that Korea often stick to singular films or seasons too, they'd rather move onto new ideas which is refreshing. Hollywood was kinda disappointing me for a while but older films and Korea have been reinvigorating my love for cinema lately. (or just the international film scene in general)
The ending really is something, isn't it!!
Thanks for this comment and being part of the conversation. Any other film recommendations?
@@DavidTizzard Definitely check out Past Lives from last year if you missed it, incredible debut film from Celine Song. House Of Hummingbird/Burning got a lot of praise, The Man From Nowhere/Night In Paradise/I Saw The Devil if you dig revenge thrillers, The Beauty Inside/Always/Tune In For Love if you like some romance, I always enjoy rewatching The Witch Part 1 The Subversion tho the name could be better lol.
Lots of good stuff but I would say Park Chan-Wook and Bong Joon-Ho are in a league all their own, The Handmaiden or Parasite are just on another level imo. Seems like maybe Korea is heavily focused on the Kdrama scene lately, and I do love a good Kdrama but wouldn’t mind more auteur/arthouse film directors out there as well.
@@eelnedroj Fabulous list. Thank you. Embarrassingly, I still haven't seen Past Lives. Will have to make time for it soon. I'm teaching a course in Korean Cinema and Philosophy this summer and a couple of those you mentioned are on the list. The depth of Korean cinema is so good!
A weird tangent, but have a listen to the 2022 album Ppong by 250. He's the producer for NewJeans but that solo album of his is really good and, looking at the movies you suggested, you might find something cool in there.
That’s very cool you showed your students the matrix! I took a course on the matrix films relating to art history and philosophy. It was one of the most enlightening courses I had and helped me appreciate the films (even the sequels) on a much deeper level. I hope your students appreciate it as much as I did. Wish I was still in university as I’d love to watch decision to leave in an educational setting. I think it would help me understand it, like I did with the matrix.
Yes, I sometimes feel guilty about showing movies but then always feel vindicated afterwards. I think it's important to show students art, music, movies, and poetry. They point to deeper truths somehow and allow vistas otherwise unseen. Thank you for the support in this.
I'm teaching a course on Korean Cinema and Philosophy during the summer. That should be fun!! Choosing the films won't be however haha. Any recommendations?
@@DavidTizzard I think watching movies in a communal setting is valuable because sensing others reactions and feedback gives meaning to what’s happening on the screen! Unfortunately, I’ve only seen a few Korean movies so I couldn’t give a useful recommendation. I look forward to hearing about what you choose though ~~
I really enjoyed the film in the end, after warming up slowly. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it.
Glad to hear you enjoyed the movie. There's so much going on: layers upon layers. Park is a genuine artist capable of generating really powerful emotions.
This is a great video podcast. Thank you for sharing. I do love the work from Park Chan-Wook and have watched much of his work. It is very inspiring.
Thank you for this. Wishing you all the best with yours too, sir. We will have to combine our efforts at some point in the future. Here's to Park and the three young women in the meantime~
What a great episode! Park Chan Wook and Lee Chang Dong are my favorites Korean directors for sure
Lee Chang-dong is a brilliant director. Peppermint Candy shook me hard the first time I saw it. Maybe we should explore his work in a future episode...
@@DavidTizzard Sure! It would be so interesting :)
Really nice video ☺️☺️☺️
谢谢 ^^