THE WASHINGTON POST – When I imagined the first meal I would cook in my new house, I pictured a roasted chicken surrounded by vegetables bathed in its juices, a fresh green salad and a simple, sumptuous apple cake. Life, however, is full of twists and turns. And irony. Two days before the move, I […]
ever since bong joon ho s parasite took the palme d 0r here at cannes in 2019, the festival s had a special association with korean film, so it s no surprise that another highly respected korean director wanted to launch his latest project here, too. director park chan wook is back in cannes after six years. he s twice won thejury prize, including for 200a s old boy. his latest film, decision to leave, is a sumptuous noir love story between a policeman and a suspect named seo rae. translation: this premise, | that the detective will find out that it s actually seo rae who killed her husband, and that is really usually the end of a feature length film, right? but that is the end of the first part of my film, and another whole new story unfolds in the second act. 0ther film makers are eyeing up korea as a cross cultural hub,
association with korean film, so it s no surprise that another highly respected korean director wanted to launch his latest project here, too. director park chan wook is back in cannes after six years. he s twice won thejury prize, including for 2004 s old boy. his latest film, decision to leave, is a sumptuous noir love story between a policeman and a suspect named seo rae. translation: this premise, that the detective will find i out that it s actually seo rae who killed her husband, and that is really usually the end of a feature length film, right? but that is the end of the first part of my film, and another whole new story unfolds in the second act. other film makers are eyeing up korea as a cross cultural hub, including the japanese palme d or winner hirokazu kore eda. broker, in competition at the festival, was filmed in south korea and with a stellar cast, including parasite actor song kang ho.
from a beloved festival auteur to household name. ever since parasite blew up in 2019, i ve seen this ballooning success of korean films. but when you think about it, that success has always been there. like, ever since 2000, we ve seen directors getting all these international awards for theirfilms, so there has been ground work laid, it s always been there. it s just with the success of squid game, you know, now we re all seeing it. ever since bong joon ho s parasite took the palme d or here at cannes in 2019, the festival s had a special association with korean film, so it s no surprise that another highly respected korean director wanted to launch his latest project here, too. director park chan wook is back in cannes after six years. he s twice won thejury prize, including for 200a s old boy. his latest film, decision to leave, is a sumptuous noir love story between a policeman and a suspect