Park Chan-wook speaks…
CNN published a fine interview with Koran filmmaker Park Chan-wook (Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy). Not a lot of dirt in there, but worth a read nonetheless.
“Personally, I think that my normality and the fact that I grew up in a very average environment made me grow tired of it all, and make movies to escape the monotony,” he told CNN.
Park has said that his early movie education mainly came from watching old Hollywood films. Many influences on his work have come from sources outside of cinema, including Manga comics, one of which was the inspiration for “Old Boy”.
“At first when I heard the story, it was about a person who was thrown into the middle of nowhere, without knowing why he was there or how long he would have to stay. I was attracted by this setting. This, for me, was a significant depiction of the condition of human beings. Aren’t we all born to this earth without a reason? And we also don’t know when we’re going to die…I was attracted to this idea for the movie.”
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