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5 days ago

Park Chan-wook on His "Bitter" Black Comedy, No Other Choice

At the narrative midpoint, pathetic protagonist Yoo Man-su ( Lee Byung-hun) - also a hobbying horticulturist with a bonsai mag subscription - arrives at the home of a man he deems a rival for one of the only paper jobs on the market. He wields a pistol concealed inside several oven gloves, intending to kill vinyl enthusiast Goo Beom-mo (Lee Sung-min) as a means of levelling the playing field.
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3 weeks ago

In 'No Other Choice,' Park Chan-wook takes desperation for a job to the extreme

An unemployed former factory worker creates a fake hiring company to eliminate job competitors and regains masculine self-worth by committing murder.
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