Park Chan-wook
Park Chan-wook
Park Chan-wookis a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic. One of the most acclaimed and popular filmmakers in his native country, Park is most known for his films Joint Security Area, Thirst and what has become known as The Vengeance Trilogy, consisting of 2002's Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, 2003's Oldboy and 2005's Lady Vengeance. His films are noted for their immaculate framing, black humor and often brutal subject matter...
NationalitySouth Korean
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth23 August 1963
Lots of people think the violence in the films I make is overwhelming, but they think they're seeing something that they aren't seeing.
When it comes to remaking my own films in the English language, I can only imagine that it is a very boring process, I wouldn't ever dream of it.
When I grow older and less popular, there will come a time when I have to shoot films on low budgets.
I have always meticulously storyboarded my films from beginning to end.
I'd like to do a really masculine film.
The reason why I always wanted to make an American film was because of the Western genre. It is something that I would very much like to make in the future, because it's very uniquely American, and I can't make a Western film in Korean.
I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming a film critic to make a living.
I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.
I am not going to do a film based on a bad scenario just to make a big Hollywood film or work with Hollywood stars.
I do like musical films more than big Hollywood films, especially those by Jacques Demi and Vincent Minelli.
I guess I probably make violent films partly because I can't express my anger in my real life very well.
In my creative films, if there was something, some humorous moment that is lost to a non-Korean speaking audience, I'll be very sad.
Visual elements are, of course, the director's job.
It is not possible for a person to be completely free of sin and be squeaky clean.