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Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells (2008) Movie Review

24 October 2009 8:00 AM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

“Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells” is the latest effort from noted Korean independent director Jeon Soo Il, who previously won praise and prizes for his “With a Girl of Black Soil”. This time, he heads to the wilds of Nepal for a minimalist, yet grand tale featuring some truly breathtaking scenery and a documentary style look at the local culture and way of life. The film is arguably somewhat of a step up the industry ladder for Jeon, with the presence of actor Choi Min Sik, here taking on his first role since Park Chan Wook’s “Sympathy for Lady Vengeance” back in 2005, likely meaning that it will reach a far wider audience than most indie features. The plot is fairly simple, following Choi Min Sik as Choi, a middle aged businessman whose job looks to be in trouble. After he hears that a Nepalese worker called Dorgy has died at his brother’s factory, »

- James Mudge

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Asia Filmfest 2009: Full Program & Timetable available

14 October 2009 10:47 PM, PDT | Affenheimtheater | See recent Affenheimtheater news »

Festival director Manuel Ewald kindly informed me that the full program and timetable for this year’s Asia Filmfest that takes place in Munich from October 29th to November 8th and with a smaller selection in Berlin from November 13th to November 15th are now available online.

All films are listed below by the country of origin below with internal links with more information and (in most cases) trailers:

Japan

Departures, Blood: The Last Vampire, Crows Zero II, Evangelion 2.0: You can (not) advance, Goemon, Ichi, K-20: Legend of the Mask, Love Exposure, Samurai Princess, Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, Yatterman, Lady Snowblood, Akira, Perfect Blue, Samurai Fiction, Blessing Bell, Sakuran, Dainipponjin, Kids Return, Kikujiros Sommer, Adrenalin Drive, Waterboys

China/Hong Kong

Vengeance, Assembly, The Beast Stalker, Connected, Ip Man, Overheard, Red Cliff, Shinjuku Incident, The Sniper, Enter The Dragon, The Flying Guillotine, Police Story, Once Upon A time in China, »

- Ulrik

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Palisades Tartan unleashes the 8-Disc Vengeance Trilogy Box

11 October 2009 4:07 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

This is one of those that slipped in here and mistakenly was filed away in the wrong folder for a bit. Even though the news isn't super-fresh, we'd be doing a disservice not to point this one out, as Fango Fiends and fans of International Frights will definitely want to add this to their Chopping List when November 24th rolls around.

From Palisades Tartan:

You’ve been asking, we’ve been planning and this November Palisades Tartan will release the most exciting, impressive and comprehensive Vengeance Trilogy box-set the world has ever seen! Featuring 8-discs and more special features then any other set on the planet (including the Korean version), celebrity essays as well as a few surprises, Palisades Tartan will release Park Chan-Wook’s Vengeance Trilogy November 24th in DVD stores across the country.

Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance is the first film in Park Chan-Wook’s acclaimed Vengeance trilogy. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)

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Thirst interview with Park Chan-wook, director.

1 October 2009 5:15 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

Park Chan-wook is a multiple award-winning writer and director with awards including two wins at the 2005 Venice Film Festival for “Chinjelhan geumjassi” (a.k.a. “Lady Vengeance). received critical acclaim for this work. Before that, he received critical acclaim for “Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance” as well as 2003’s excellent “Oldboy.” With his interpreter on-hand, we begin our roundtable interview for his most recent offering “Bakjwi” or “Thirst” which Focus Features sent out to limited venues on July 31st. His interpreter translated each answer. He talks about he came up with this unique story and its origins “I can find the origins of the story further back in my life when I used to be a practicing Catholic when I was very young. So you might even say that the origins of the story goes way back. I went to church up until when I was in high school. That’s »

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Chan-Wook Park's Vengeance Trilogy Comes to DVD on November 24th

30 September 2009 10:26 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

You can bring acclaimed Korean director Chan-Wook Park's fantastic trilogy home in one boxed set this November. Park's Vengeance Trilogy will be released on DVD on November 24. We don't have cover art or pricing details yet, but this will be an eight-disc set and you can take a look at the full press release below.

You've been asking, we've been planning and this November Palisades Tartan will release the most exciting, impressive and comprehensive Vengeance Trilogy box-set the world has ever seen! Featuring 8-discs and more special features then any other set on the planet (including the Korean version), celebrity essays as well as a few surprises, Palisades Tartan will release Park Chan-Wook's Vengeance Trilogy November 24th in DVD stores across the country.

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance is the first film in Park Chan-Wook's acclaimed Vengeance trilogy. The sister of a simple and deaf factory worker, Ryu, falls ill and needs a kidney transplant, »

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More details about Tartan’s Vengeance Trilogy box

28 September 2009 9:05 PM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »

Palisades Tartan sent out the official press release today for their upcoming 8 disc Vengeance Trilogy box set, previously reported on here. You can see the official artwork to the left. The set, collecting Chan-wook Park's three similarly themed films Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy and Lady Vengeance, will be released November 24th. According to the press release, the special features included in the set will include, but are not limited to: An essay on each film by celebrated filmmakers, actors and writers, including Eli Roth... Additional features include but are not limited to Audio commentary by Park Chan-Wook and actor Ryoo Seung-wan (Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance), Behind the Scenes, The Process of Mr. Vengeance, My Boksu Story, Storyboards, Photo Gallery, Filmographies, Film Notes, Crew Interviews, Three Audio Commentaries (Oldboy), 5 Behind the Scene featurettes, Le Grand Prix at Cannes, Deleted Scenes with commentary, Regular and Fade-To-White versions (Lady Vengeance), Character Interviews – Lee Geum Ja, »

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More details about Tartan’s Vengeance Trilogy box

28 September 2009 9:05 PM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »

Palisades Tartan sent out the official press release today for their upcoming 8 disc Vengeance Trilogy box set, previously reported on here. You can see the official artwork to the left. The set, collecting Chan-wook Park's three similarly themed films Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy and Lady Vengeance, will be released November 24th. According to the press release, the special features included in the set will include, but are not limited to: »

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Park Chan-Wook's Thirst Comes To DVD November 17th

21 September 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release acclaimed filmmaker Park Chan-Wook's latest flick Thirst on DVD via their Focus Features banner on November 17th according to the DVD Times. From the director of Oldboy , Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance and Lady Vengeance comes this original chilling, vampire story. A blood transfusion saves the life of a priest, but also transforms him into a vampire. He struggles to control his insatiable thirst for blood until a love affair unleashes his darkest desires in deadly new ways. No features are listed at press time, but the film will be presented in anamorphic widescreen with Korean DD5.1 Surround audio and subtitles in English, English Sdh, French and Spanish. Cover artwork is below: »

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Palisades Tartan reanimates A Tale of Two Sisters and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance UK Blu-ray Discs

17 September 2009 1:17 PM, PDT | Affenheimtheater | See recent Affenheimtheater news »

Just a happy little update for this mornings Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance article. During the day, HMV also added the retailer exclusive Blu-ray Disc releases of Ji-woon Kim’s A Tale of Two Sisters and Chan-wook Park’s (Sympathy for) Lady Vengeance. Both films were first announced in 2008 and then pushed back to 2009 when Tartan went belly up. HMV lists November 2nd for Tale of Two Sisters but still the old 2008 release date for Lady Vengeance.

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- Ulrik

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HMV has Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance…on Blu-ray

16 September 2009 10:47 PM, PDT | Affenheimtheater | See recent Affenheimtheater news »

And another bunch of good news for you Chan-wook Park fans out there. Looks like Tartan Video is back on track with new releases after the merging/takeover by Palisades in July 2008. At least UK based retailer HMV.co.uk has listed a shop-exclusive Blu-ray Disc release of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, the first part of Chan-wook Park’s amazing Vengeance trilogy for November 2nd.

With this release, the complete Vengeance trilogy consisting of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, OldBoy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance would be available on Blu-ray Disc with English subtitles.

Thanks to AnimeOnBlu for the heads up! »

- Ulrik

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Why Park Chan-Wook’s ‘Thirst’ Isn’t Worth the Hype

3 September 2009 4:50 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

Vampire films have been around as long as film itself. Dracula earned his wings as one of the original Universal Monsters back when the role was helmed by the incomparable Bela Lugosi. I thought about this a lot today because I think Universal Monster is a very apt term for a vampire; in a way that transcends studio labels. Vampires stories have origins in scores of ancient cultures from all over the world. Vampire cinema exists on almost every continent and, for better or worse, each entry boasts a unique set of cultural flavors. Chan Wook-Park is a fantastic director and all I heard for weeks was how his vampire opus Thirst was a gorgeous, deeply affecting film; my interest was duly peaked. Two very long hours later, I emerged in the minority. I did not like this film. Thirst is a beautiful film........for the first half hour. It explores the deeper, contemplative »

- Brian Salisbury

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What I Watched, What You Watched: Installment #6

30 August 2009 2:58 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Outside of seeing three films in theaters this week I also took in nine titles at home including films from Akira Kurosawa, Roman Polanski, Claude Lelouch and two from Chan-wook Park. It's a mixed bag going from a movie about a girl with a machine gun arm to a film from the French New Wave. As always, remember you can keep tabs on my personal Netflix queue right here. Now, here's the recap of my week in movies... The Machine Girl (2008) Quick Thoughts: I can't remember which one of the Netflix friends I have had this in their queue, but I saw it and noticed it was on Instant Play and just had to give it a watch. I mean, at 96 minutes who wouldn't want to give a movie about a girl with a machine gun on her arm a chance? Well, I gave it a chance and must say, »

- Brad Brevet

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*Updated* Special Fangoria Magazine Subscription Deal! 1-Year of Fango + 2 Free DVD's!

21 August 2009 8:30 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Fangoria Entertainment has a special deal for New and Renewing subscribers in the U.S! Get 1-year of Fangoria Magazine (10 blood-soaked issues!) and Two Free DVD's for the normal subscription rate of only $54.47! That's 40% off of the newsstand cover price Plus you get 2 feature-length DVD's from Tartan Asia Extreme, a $40 value!

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- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)

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400 Screens, 400 Blows - You, the Living

16 August 2009 7:02 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

One of my favorite distributors in recent years has been Tartan Films, which distributed all kinds of Asian horror films as well as interesting, gutsy things like Oldboy, Lady Vengeance, 12:08 East of Bucharest, Red Road, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, The Cave of the Yellow Dog and Battle in Heaven. The company went through some tough times last year, but they have re-emerged, more or less, newly re-christened as Palisades Tartan. And one of their first decisions on active duty was to scoop up the distribution rights for Roy Andersson's You, the Living in the United States.

This film has been floating around for a while, playing at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and opening in its native Sweden in the fall of 2007. I saw it in the spring of 2008 at the San Francisco International Film Festival. I suspect that critic David Thomson saw it there as well, and »

- Jeffrey M. Anderson

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Sympathy for Lady Vengeance on Blu-ray Disc with English Subtitles

14 August 2009 3:07 PM, PDT | Affenheimtheater | See recent Affenheimtheater news »

While there are already some Blu-ray Disc releases of the final part of Chan-wook Park’s Vengeance Trilogy Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, all of them weren’t of much use if you can’t read German, Swedish or Norwegian to understand the subtitles on these releases. And since Tartan went belly up just a few week before their Blu-ray Disc release could hit the UK stores, there wasn’t much hope for Korean impaired Lady Vengeance fans.

But now, Panorama Distributions has announced a Hk Blu-ray Disc release that’s supposed to include English (and Chinese) subtitles for August 21st! The release also includes a bonus DVD full of extras, but these won’t be subtitled according to the DDDHouse listing. The listing doesn’t mention which version(s) will be included, the full-color version or the fade-to-black one.

Thanks to FungManHin for the heads up! »

- Ulrik

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Movie Review: Thirst

13 August 2009 5:56 PM, PDT | MovieRetriever | See recent MovieRetriever news »

Aug 13, 2009 “Stop acting so humane! You’re not even human.” Park Chan-wook's inventive, daring, and sometimes shocking Thirst is an examination of sacrifice, faith, desire, and sin through the eyes of one of the most interesting filmmakers of the '00s. The man who was so intrigued by the concept of vengeance that he made three films about it (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, and Lady Vengeance) is still searching the depths of the human soul for the subjects that truly horrify us. As you might imagine, Thirst is not your average film about bloodsucking freaks. This is ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com »

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Sr Pick [Video]: Milo Ventimiglia Reenacts ‘Oldboy’ Fight Scene

4 August 2009 10:02 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

One of the most popular Asian films of the last few years is Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy, the middle part of his Vengeance Trilogy (the first and third being Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Lady Vengeance, respectively). I personally must have watched the movie at least 10 times, and it keeps getting better and better every time I watch it. A bona fide masterpiece Imo.

One of the most memorable scenes, not just of Oldboy itself but of any movie in the last decade, is the unbroken extended fight sequence in a dark hallway involving the main character and at least a dozen guys all attacking him at once. It’s an amazing, eyebrow raising sequence that’s unique to just about every other movie fight sequence I’ve seen.

 

On that note, our Screen Rant pick for today is of Heroes star Milo Ventimiglia reenacting (as part of the “Cinemash »

- Ross Miller

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[Movie Review] Thirst

30 July 2009 9:52 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

Park Chan-wook didn't set out to make a vampire film.

At least, that's what he told me when we spoke here in San Francisco, a week before Thirst opens. You can tell from watching the film that, despite it being a movie about a vampire, it is not a horror film, nor is it even a movie aboutvampirism.

What the film is can be summed up by its title. As with his popular Vengeance trilogy, including the international hit Oldboy, Park puts the theme front and center. It's a movie about thirst, a base desire present in all of us, fang or no fang; though I should note that the vampires in this film do not have fangs. They draw blood using tools, something carried over from George Romero's Martin, a movie Park claims to be his favorite vampire flick. It is mine, as well, and it's high compliment »

- Arya Ponto

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Thirst Contest!

30 July 2009 11:47 AM, PDT | GreenCine | See recent GreenCine news »

Acclaimed director Park Chan-wook (Oldboy; Lady Vengeance) returns with his highly anticipated vampire film Thirst, an official selection at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. Song Kang Ho plays a respected priest who turns into a vampire after a medical experiment gone wrong. His newfound thirst for blood and deadly attraction for his best friend's wife (Kim Ok-bin) drives him down a road of lust and depravity. For the Thirst soundtrack -- the score draws from Bach's Cantata Bwv 82a Ich Habe Genug and original compositions, as well as 1930s and 40s Korean music--Park Chan Wook teams up again with music director Jo Young-wook, who also provided the music for many of Park's other films.

And now, thanks to GreenCine and Focus Features, you can win the film's soundtrack CD and poster in our Thirst-y new contest.

Click below for all the details on how to enter and win. »

- underdog

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Standing Witness

30 July 2009 8:53 AM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

In the nearly two decades that I've been writing film reviews, I can't recall another week that saw the release of three movies that are guaranteed to wind up on my year-end Ten Best list. The movies are vampire love story "Thirst" and the documentaries "The Cove," about an aquatic conservationist's attempts to stop the slaughter of dolphins, and "Severe Clear," an autobiographical account of one Marine's experiences in Iraq. Beyond their dramatic merits, all three demonstrate a front-and-center mastery of technique. They use image and sound not just for the usual, so-called "classical" purposes (to define the characters and advance the story) but to encourage the audience to think about filmmaking's ability to express states of mind.

The latest provocation from South Korean director Park Chan-Wook (director of the critically divisive "Vengeance" trilogy: "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance," "Oldboy" and "Lady Vengeance"), "Thirst" is, in no particular order, a horror movie, »

- Matt Zoller Seitz

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