Park Chan-wook’s NO OTHER CHOICE - We Decided to Stay
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🎙️ Fresh out of a sold-out Kinomania screening at Odeon - one of Bulgaria’s oldest and most beloved film festivals, where Kev and Vanessa liiiterally sat on the stairs in true cinemaniac fashion - Angel and Roman dive into Park Chan-wook’s latest fever dream (and yes, they kept mixing up the title).
Based on a book once adapted by Costa-Gavras, the film opens with a cheeky wink to his version. From there, the stroll spirals into sociopathy, the full K-whiplash effect, and why Korean cinema’s tonal shifts keep throwing the West off balance. We draw parallels to Indian Masala and Nigerian genre-bending; embrace the digital sheen; and ramble through k-drama banter throwing in Bulgarian estrada. Also: was Son Ye-jin’s character underdeveloped?
Roman finally saw Parasite (press conference pending), and The Handmaiden remains undefeated.
Huge shoutout to our beloved listener Lilly - please join us as our resident Korean-culture advisor.
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🎤 Hosted by:
Angel Radev – film director, editor, composer, screenwriter
Roman Pessarov – film director, producer, editor
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Noura Al Kadri – producer at Hot Potato studio (www.hot-potato.eu)
🎵 Music by Angel Radev
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