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Podcast 137 - Park Chan Wook's Thirst and Love Exposure

Fantasia, Montreal’s international genre film festival, has expanded its mandate over the years to include a wide variety of films from around the world, with the sole proviso seemingly being that they’re not based on an SNL skit or a Dane Cook routine. There has, however, always been a focus on Asian films, particularly the weird ones that might give the impression the entire Eastern half of the world grew up watching Faces of Death and Leave it to Beaver at the same time. And this year is no exception. Tonight, Sound on Sight takes a look at hotly anticipated South Korean vampire movie Thirst, from Oldboy director Park Chan Wook, four-hour romantic comedy Love Exposure, and Thailand’s fantasy epic .

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Re:Podcast 137 - Park Chan Wook's Thirst and Love Exposure

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QQ I'd like to hear about Park's new vamp flick. Oldboy was awesome, and I still haven't watched sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (the first in the vengeance trilogy, Oldboy being 2nd) or Lady Vengeance, the third installment. Regardless I give Mr. Park props for his ability to keep dialogue sparse while providing all of the necessary elements to engage the viewer and push the story inexorably onwards (even when the audience might not want to see what happens next).

Re:Podcast 137 - Park Chan Wook's Thirst and Love Exposure

Thank you for the feedback. Hopefully you enjoyed the podcast. I really liked Thirst but I feel it has many problems and is actually his worst film. Still an interesting feature that deserves to be seen.