Park Chan-wook Quotes

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• If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home.

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  Home, Vacation, Destination

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• The point of revenge is not in the completion but in the process.

  Park Chan-wook

  Revenge, Exacting Revenge, Process

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• I guess I probably make violent films partly because I can't express my anger in my real life very well.

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  Real, Violent Films, Because I Can

  "Shock horror! Park Chan-Wook is refreshingly normal". Interview with Andrea Hubert, www.theguardian.com. October 16, 2009.

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• Actually, I can't stand watching violent scenes in films; I avoid watching horror films. I don't tend to watch action films mainly because I find them boring, but I watch the films of David Cronenberg and Martin Scorsese, usually in a state close to having a heart attack. I'm a complete coward. I make violent films as a result of my sensitivity to violence - in other words, my fear of violence.

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  Heart, Coward, Violence

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• In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.

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  People, Violence, Opinion

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• Living without hate for people is almost impossible. There is nothing wrong with fantasizing about revenge. You can have that feeling. You just shouldn't act in it.

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  Revenge, Hate, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch.

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  Believe, Fake, Watches

  "Exclusive: I'm A Cyborg Q&A". Interview With Leigh Singer, www.ign.com. April 4, 2008.

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• Certain subjects may no longer be taboo in cinema. But there are ways to treat them that still create shock.

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  May, Way, Cinema

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• If you would ask me what my ideal process is, I would say, long pre-production, long production and long post-production.

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  Long, Process, Ask Me

  "Park Chan-wook Talks Differences Between Korean & American Films, How ‘Stoker’ Fits In With His Filmography & More". Interview with Drew Taylor, www.indiewire.com. March 19, 2013.

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• Sometimes you need these warm, human moments - something that feels close - to help things along.

  Park Chan-wook

  Needs, Helping, Sometimes

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I am sure I am one of 2000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.

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  World, Directors, Film

  "Park life". Interview with Geoffrey Macnab, www.theguardian.com. February 8, 2006.

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• I hate jeans for no reason.

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  Hate, Jeans, Reason

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• You could say that evil is contagious in that we have this mesmerizing mentor in Uncle Charlie who comes into your life. Every person has a seed of evil inside them, and when you come across such a mesmerizing mentor, he is able to successfully turn it into a flower of evil.

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  Uncles, Flower, Evil

  "Park Chan-wook, Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode Talk STOKER, First Impressions to the Script, Reactions to the Completed Film and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. February 24, 2013.

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• I believe 'love' is very nice to hear, but it's used so much that it's come to a point where it's almost meaningless.

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  Nice, Believe, Love Is

  "Exclusive: I'm A Cyborg Q&A". Interview With Leigh Singer, www.ign.com. April 4, 2008.

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• I actually pay careful attention to that sort of thing - infusing humor into my films - because that's how important I think humor is.

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  Thinking, Important, Attention

  "Fantastic Fest 2016 Interview: Co-Writer/Director Park Chan-Wook on THE HANDMAIDEN". Interview with Heather Wixson, dailydead.com. September 24, 2016.

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• The audience seems hazy to me, shrouded in a veil through which I can't see.

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  Veils, Hazy, Audience

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• When I'm writing something, if it gets too serious, I just can't bear it, so I take a step back and take the overall scene in and vent the air a little bit.

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  Writing, Air, Littles

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm not the kind of director who aims to send a message out.

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  Directors, Messages, Kind

  "Stoker director Park Chan-wook: 'In knowing yourself, you can liberate yourself'". Interview with Phil Hoad, www.theguardian.com. February 28, 2013.

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• I did have a feminist side to me, just not in such a pronounced way.

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  Feminist, Way, Sides

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I don't really believe in the auteur theory.

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  Believe, Auteurs, Theory

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• If I want to relax and not do anything, I don't want to leave home.

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  Home, Relax, Want

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• I love Philip Glass' work, not only as a film composer but also as a musician. The film score work that he does always amazes and shocks me.

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  Glasses, Musician, Doe

  "Park Chan-wook Talks Differences Between Korean & American Films, How ‘Stoker’ Fits In With His Filmography & More". Interview with Drew Taylor, www.indiewire.com. March 19, 2013.

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• 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.

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  Reason Why, Korean, Film

  "Fantastic Fest 2016 Interview: Co-Writer/Director Park Chan-Wook on THE HANDMAIDEN". Interview with Heather Wixson, dailydead.com. September 25, 2016.

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• Certainly, it includes that. I want the story to be interpreted in as many ways as possible, and of course, the bad blood aspect of it included. For instance, perhaps this is a story not about the hereditary nature of evil, but rather you could interpret it from a different perspective, too.

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  Blood, Evil, Perspective

  "Park Chan-wook, Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode Talk STOKER, First Impressions to the Script, Reactions to the Completed Film and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. February 24, 2013.

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• I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but Mad Men changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.

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  Men, Air, Ideas

  "On my radar: Park Chan-wook". Interview with Corinne Jones, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2013.

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