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With twelve films to his credit<\/b> and a creative spirit that never ceases to amaze, Park Chan-Wook<\/b> is the new president of the feature film jury at the Cannes Film Festival<\/b>. A regular at the festival, the 62-year-old South Korean director and leading figure of the K-pop wave (Hallyu) has made his mark on the global film scene with masterful works such as Oldboy, winner of the Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival<\/b>, or films featuring sublime heroines like The Handmaiden in 2016.<\/p>\n
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\u201cVisceral, subversive, baroque<\/b>\u201d\u2014these are just some of the adjectives that help us rediscover Park Chan-wook\u2019s work through five films. Throughout his career, the director, screenwriter, and producer<\/b> has developed at least three obsessions: revenge and its consequences, an ambiguous morality, and a particularly stylized aesthetic.<\/b><\/p>\n
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A figure of the strange<\/b>, he follows in the footsteps of other previous directors who have presided over the Festival<\/b>, such as David Lynch (2004) and Tim Burton (2010)<\/b>. Quentin Tarantino<\/b>, a great lover of Asian cinema and himself president of the jury at Cannes in 2004<\/b>, is said to have drawn inspiration from Oldboy<\/b> for his Kill Bill Vol. 1 and its sequel<\/b>, if only for the stylized violence and fight choreography. The South Korean director counts Akira Kurosawa, Ingmar Bergman, Luchino Visconti, and Alfred Hitchcock among his idols.<\/p>\n
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Park Chan-Wook is part of the growing media spotlight on Asian cinema<\/b> and its actors, the most recent being his fellow director and screenwriter Bong Joon-Ho, winner of the Palme d\u2019Or at Cannes in 2019 for his film Parasite<\/b> and president of the jury in 2021.<\/p>\nOldboy, the classic<\/h2>\n
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Released in 2003, Oldboy<\/b> is undoubtedly Park Chan-Wook\u2019s most famous film<\/b>. The story follows a man held captive for fifteen years, suddenly released and searching for answers<\/b>.<\/p>\n
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Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival<\/b>, the film explores the themes of revenge, manipulation, and memory<\/b>. It has been elevated to classic status by film buffs, who admire its sideways long-take fight scene, reminiscent of video games<\/b>.<\/p>\n