Park Chan-wook

“Agnes Varda, Bergman? I've always been a fan of Bergman. I especially love Cries and Whispers and was greatly influenced by it. Hour of the Wolf, though, is a Bergman film I haven't seen. So, I'll pick this one first.”

“Red Desert is one of my all-time favorites. And I can't leave this out. It's my favorite movie.”

“As someone who really wants to make a Western, Stagecoach is essential material.”

“This movie, The Makioka Sisters. This film evokes complex emotions in Koreans. It captures the essence of Japanese aesthetics, but at the same time... As a Korean who has experienced colonial rule... There's a very instinctive rejection of that aesthetic. So, I feel both love and hate for it at the same time. The original novel is also a masterpiece. The depiction of World War II in it is a bit uncomfortable. So, I re-watch it with these complex emotions.”

“I haven't seen this on Blu-ray. Blow Out is a masterpiece by Brian De Palma, a director I deeply respect. Is Sisters his best work? It's hard to decide which one is better.”

“Les Cousins by Chabrol. I feel a sense of kinship with Chabrol. He was fixated on the thriller and crime genres and created many works over a long period. I respected Hitchcock, and I also respected Georges Simenon. So, he's a representative of that.”

“I like Mike Leigh's films, but I haven't seen this one. I need to learn about how Mike Leigh casts actors, rehearses, and directs. Someday, I want to learn that and try to imitate it.”

“Another sudden one by Antonioni. It's the kind of movie I definitely want to make someday.”

“Don Siegel is a director who, in my opinion, hasn't been fully appreciated for his abilities. I've even written three lines about Don Siegel's great films, he's a director I really respect. I hope you definitely read his collected writings.”

“Le silence de la mer, another director I deeply respect. It's Jean-Pierre Melville's collected writings.”

“Finally, it's here. Before I wrote Decision to Leave... I recommended that my co-writer, Jeong Seo-kyeong, watch this once. It's a film that really influenced me when I was young.”

“There's another world I don't know. I don't know much about the world of Japanese monster movies. But I know how many cult fans it has. And I've heard a lot about Honda Ishiro. I'll try to get into it this time.”