The Handmaiden (Park Chan-wook, 2016) Movie

The story follows an heiress who falls in love with a petty thief.

Also been picked up by Amazon for U.S. distribution.

 

release date is October 14th

 

This is wild.

I've never been too high on Park's work. I like Stoker and I'm A Cyborg, Thirst is ok, and I didn't even bother watching Lady Vengeance after the first two films in the trilogy. But I really loved this. It's visually stunning and loaded with well executed twists. Cannes competition is loaded with winners this year.

 

Don't think I've seen any of his stuff outside of Oldboy, but this looks really good. Hoping to see it soon.

 

I'm a Cyborg is a weird mix of Wes Anderson, Tarantino and sci-fi. Totally worth looking into.

 

Ew, that sounds right up my alley. Thanks for the rec.

 

This was absolutely phenomenal.

 

They opened an Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn and I'll be seeing this there tomorrow. Yeeee.

 

LOVED THIS. I seriously felt every single emotion throughout. I learned a lot about the origins of hentai. Haha

 

This was something else, so good. I'm by no means a prude but was definitely taken back by how far they went, haha.

 

Glad to see people are loving this as much as me.

 

So... was someone actually boning the octopus?

 

I prefer Oldboy or Stoker, but this was very good. Still need to check out his other films.

 

This is far and away his best work imo.

 

Agreed. The more I read on Japanese colonialism in Korea, the stronger it is.

 

There's an extended cut from Korea floating around. 23 minutes longer.

 

Still need to see this... and I'm a Cyborg.

 

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