‘Decision to Leave’ movie review: Park Chan-wook reinvents storytelling in a quiet film that is more romance than mystery

‘Decision to Leave’ movie review: Park Chan-wook reinvents storytelling in a quiet film that is more romance than mystery

A still from ‘Decision to Leave’ Take an illicit romance, a violent crime fuelled by vengeance and the consequences of these actions that reach forth to drown you, and you get a Park Chan-wook film. Take all these elements and paint them with subtler strokes, and you have his latest film, Decision to Leave. Six […]

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The Park Chan-wook interview: On ‘Decision to Leave’ and the art of making sensual cinema

The Park Chan-wook interview: On ‘Decision to Leave’ and the art of making sensual cinema

Detective Jang Hae-jun only sees his wife Jung-An during weekends. At work, they are made fun of for their “weekend marriage”. Hae-jun takes up the case of a dead person found at the foothills of a mountain he often climbs and uploads on his video channel. Sounds good so far? The dead person’s wife Song […]

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Park Chan-wook’s ‘Decision To Leave’ to stream on MUBI India from December 9

Park Chan-wook’s ‘Decision To Leave’ to stream on MUBI India from December 9

Poster of ‘Decision To Leave’ | Photo Credit: MUBI India Filmmaker Park Chan-wook’s critically-acclaimed film Decision To Leave will stream in India on Mubi from December 9. “A man falls from a mountain peak to his death. The detective in charge of the investigation, Hae-joon (Park Hae-il), comes to meet the dead man’s wife Seo-rae […]

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‘Old Boy’ Park Chan-wook is back in Cannes race after six-year hiatus

‘Old Boy’ Park Chan-wook is back in Cannes race after six-year hiatus

Park, whose 2004 Cannes Grand Prix winner ‘Old Boy’ went a long way in opening the sluice gates for Korean filmmakers on the French Riviera, premiered his latest film, ‘Decision to Leave’ Park, whose 2004 Cannes Grand Prix winner ‘Old Boy’ went a long way in opening the sluice gates for Korean filmmakers on the […]

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