Park explains how Cannes award-winning movie ‘Decision to Leave’ is totally different

By IANS

SEOUL: Director Park Chan-wook has mentioned that he left behind stimulating parts in his earlier movies, similar to ‘Oldboy’ (2003) and ‘The Handmaiden’ (2016), for his newest Cannes-winning movie ‘Decision to Leave’ with the intention to assist the viewers deal with the complicated and delicate feelings of the characters, reviews Yonhap News Agency.

“I didn’t hesitate to use literally ‘expressions that stimulate the peripheral nerves’ in my previous films. I’m not saying it’s wrong to do so, but I intended them to be so,” Park mentioned throughout a press convention in Seoul to advertise the brand new movie.

“I wanted to make a different movie this time. Since it’s a story of people who hide their true emotions, I wanted to make the audience become eager to approach these people, to peek into their mind, curious about what they are thinking,” he added.

Park then in contrast this sort of movie to a tune the place delicate vocal expressions are required.

“Think of a situation where drum and guitar sounds are too loud when a singer has to sing finely and wispily. I thought I had to lower the volume of such accompaniment for this film. I think that is what makes it different from my previous works, if any,” he mentioned.

Tang Wei, the Chinese actress who stars within the movie, added: “I don’t know if I can put it this way, but Park’s previous titles have strong tastes. If I say they had a strong taste of kimchi, this film would taste fresh, plain and sweet.”

‘Decision to Leave’ is a genre-combining movie a few detective who suspects a mysterious widow in a homicide case and later falls in love together with her after days of stakeout. It is Park’s first Korean-language movie in six years after ‘The Handmaiden’ and his fourth entry for the competitors within the Cannes Film Festival.

This previous Sunday, he gained the greatest director for the brand new function on the competition’s seventy fifth version, making it his third prize at Cannes, following the Grand Prix for his thriller ‘Oldboy’ in 2003 and the Jury Prize for the horror movie ‘Thirst’ in 2009.