Park Chan-wook

...Friday at 9:35 p.m. at Cinestudio, 300 Summit St., at Trinity College in Hartford. Park Chan-wook's 2009 shocker won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. It tells the story of a priest-turned-vampire. It is in Korean with subtitles and...

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...with its thrills and chills, shrieks and shocks. Instead, Park has created a rumination on morality and mortality that is not at all deadly, but funny, profound and at times intensely erotic. "Thirst," the Jury Prize winner at the Cannes...

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...when adults get their hands on the rock. "Thirst" (R): Noted Korean director Park Chan-wook spins the tale of a priest who, in the process of doing a good deed, becomes a vampire. A prize winner at the Cannes Film Festival. In Korean with...

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...seems to be probing alarming depths of human nature. Maybe that s why he can simultaneously be celebrated on fanboy horror sites and win the Jury Prize at this year s Cannes Film Festival. His best-known film is the masterful Old Boy, about...

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...the Cannes Film Festival. Britain's Andrea Arnold and South Korea's Park Chan-wook both re-entered the international spotlight with a vengeance, several long years after first wowing Cannes critics and jurors. Arnold's Fish Tank follows...

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...across Asia and beyond. "Winter Sonata'' has been a TV hit around Asia, pop singer Rain has played Madison Square Garden, and Park Chan-wook's "Old Boy'' won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004. With its three lines, sijo...

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...culture fest Comic-Con International, a setting in which his distinctive oeuvre seemed to be just as comfortable a fit as at the Cannes Film Festival, where "Thirst'' shared this year's Grand Jury Prize. Q. You've got some high-profile...

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...written by Garon Tsuchiya and illustrated by Nobuaki Minegishi. In 2003, it was adapted into the award winning Korean film Oldboy by South Korean director Park Chan-wook. The film was a huge international success and went on to win various...

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...shared the award with Park Chan-wook's vampire tale Thirst. Arnold took the same prize for her debut feature Red Road in 2006, while Park won the Grand Prize for Oldboy in 2004. 87-year-old director Alain Resnais took to the stage to...

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