Park Chan-wook’s superpower is his ability to sell us on behavior that would not withstand any kind of scrutiny in other films. Park’s characters do things we might deem irrational or implausible or downright nonsensical in most contexts, but he somehow convinces us, thumbing his nose at realism and leaning into craziness. He can pull this off because he’s an …
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Acclaimed South Korean director Park Chan-wook made a triumphant return after 20 years to the Venice Film Festival, where he was greeted with a six-minute standing ovation for the twisted black comedy “No Other Choice.” Audiences were clearly thrilled to see Park and his leading man, “Squid Game” star Lee Byung-hun, who were welcomed into the Sala Grande Theater with an …
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Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice, which marks the Korean filmmaker’s first time playing in the Venice Film Festival competition, scored an 8 1/2-minute ovation Friday after the jet-black comedy thriller’s world premiere. The 12th movie from the Oldboy, Handmaiden and Decision to Leave writer-director is based on the 1997 novel The Ax by Donald Westlake and follows a man (Squid Game‘s Lee …
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