Park Chan-wook
Park Chan-wook (Korean: 박찬욱; pronounced [pak̚ tɕʰanuk̚]; born 23 August 1963) is a South Korean filmmaker and former film critic. Widely regarded as a leading figure in South Korean and 21st-century world cinema, he is known for films that blend crime, mystery, and thriller elements with other genres. His films are noted for their cinematography, framing, black humor, and often brutal subject matter.
Defining films
In their own words
I tried to take a three-part structure and use it to reveal different layers of truth, not unlike Kurosawa's Rashomon or Clouzot's Les Diaboliques.
Directors like Kim Ki-young and Alfred Hitchcock definitely had an influence on my style of film-making for 'Oldboy' and others.
In The Handmaiden, I tried to take a three-part structure and use it to reveal different layers of truth, not unlike Kurosawa's Rashomon or Clouzot's Les Diaboliques.
The early films of Takeshi Kitano (Violent Cop, Boiling Point) as a significant influence on his mixing of violence and comedy.
