[movie] The Handmaiden

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[movie] The Handmaiden

Postby Kyle » Fri Jul 07, 2017 5:19 pm

Holy shit. Chan Wook Park is so good. Oldboy, Stoker, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. I think I love everything this guy makes.
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Re: [movie] The Handmaiden

Postby Mike » Fri Jul 07, 2017 5:42 pm

Add JSA to that list. The man is good.
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Re: [movie] The Handmaiden

Postby Kyle » Fri Jul 07, 2017 5:45 pm

I didn't even know that was a thing. Holy shit. I'm so happy for me.
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Re: [movie] The Handmaiden

Postby Zen » Sat Jul 08, 2017 5:01 pm

I haven't had a chance to see this yet, even though it played at the local Art Theater. (I was sick the week it was here. :( )

However, for those who are unaware, it is based on the novel Fingersmith by Welsh writer Sarah Waters, which is a 2002 British Gothic, Historical Fiction, Crime Novel with lesbian themes. It won the 2002 British Crime Writer's Association "Historical Dagger" award for best historical crime novel of the year. I haven't read it yet either, but I have heard that it is a classic. The setting of the story in The Handmaiden was changed from Victorian Era Britain to Korea during the era of Japanese colonial rule.
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Re: [movie] The Handmaiden

Postby Kyle » Sat Jul 08, 2017 5:06 pm

It's free on Amazon Prime.

Also- I watched JSA- very good.
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Re: [movie] The Handmaiden

Postby Zen » Sat Jul 08, 2017 5:35 pm

FREE ON PRIME!!! I know what I'm doing tonight!
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