Asian cinema is finally being released correctly in the United States and Tartan Films is at the forefront of that revolution. They have released wonderful DVDs of Tetsuo: The Iron Man and Acacia. Now the most popular director to come out of Korea, Park Chan-Wook is getting his due. Chan-Wooks Oldboy was given an amazing DVD release and his latest film Lady Vengeance is hitting theaters early next year. I got a chance to speak with Chan-Wook while he was on a short publicity tour in New York City.
Audition by Takashi Miike was good and creepy. I'm looking forward to checking out Chan-Wook's films. There was a magazine that talked about how Korean cinmena was overtaking Japanese cinema...anyone know which one it was?
courtneyriot
STAFF
Los Angeles, CA
OCT 10, 2005 06:00 AM