While on the surface it may seem like somewhat of a departure from his previous films like Old Boy, Lady Vengeance or the vampire film Thirst, fans of his visceral style of filmmaking should be thrilled by some of the amazing visuals he has produced to tell this creepy coming-of-age tale about a girl named India Stoker (Wasikowska) who loses her father but gains a creepy, seemingly disturbed uncle (Goode), whose obsession with her can’t be considered healthy.
ShockTillYouDrop.com got to speak briefly with Director Park while he was in New York City last week for a few last minute events to promote the movie before it opened.
Our first question involved the parallels between Stoker, his first English language film, and other Korean domestic thrillers like A Tale of Two Sisters and The Housemaid, since it feels very much like a film that could have been made in Korea.
“It wasn’t something that I was conscious of when I was reading the script or making the film,” he told us through his interpreter. “I’m a fan of domestic drama, both on stage and on film. It only occurred to me later, after having made the film when my Korean friends came up to me and congratulated me but one of the things they commented on was how Nicole’s appearance evoked the stepmother figure in Tale of Two Sisters.’ I thought that was interesting, not only philosophically but also there is something stylistically that runs parallel to Tale of Two Sisters.’ I thought that was an interesting point and I never thought of that.”
One of the most striking things about the film is it’s visual style and the way Park and his long-time cinematographer Chung-Hoon Chung uses the visuals to tell the story in a unique way, so he told us about how he collaborates with his DP.
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