Old Boy ( Korea 2003, directed by Park Chan-wook, 120min)

The film maps the life of Oh Dae-su who is sudden of all locked in some sort of private prison for 15 years. Upon his release, Oh Dae-su learns that none of his relatives is alive and he decides to find the man who imprisoned him, find out why he did it and have his revenge on him. Oldboy was a source of much controversy in Europe due to the combination of its typical Asian approach to violence, its ironic point of view and an interesting plot. It won -among others - the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

Body

A body in contemporary movies is presented in a rather shallow fashion. Genres like horror, which deal with the transformation of a body are swirling with teenagers, scandalous films totally reveal the body and amateur-like pornography demasks it. However, there are films, which treat the body and carnality differently. Antichrist is a film which enters a watcher’s body and forces his reaction not only through explicit scenes it contains, but also through the the technique it was shot with. 35 Rhums reveals the paramount importace of touching a body as a way of communication in our everyday, ordinary lives. Old Boy is an example of a physical film, in which a body is only a box, good for nothing but destruction.

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