Show notes
On this special episode of The Projection Booth we're looking at Park Chan-wook's Oldboy (2003). Based loosely on the manga by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi, the film tells the tale of Oh-Dae-Su (Choi Min-sik), a salaryman who gets abducted and held in a cell for 15 years. Just as he's abducted without explanation he's freed just the same. From there the film becomes a mystery where Oh-Dae-Su tries to find not just who abducted him but why.
John Atom and Bill Ackerman join Mike to discuss the original manga, the 2006 Indian remake Zinda, the 2013 Spike Lee version, and the Brian DePalma film Obsession (1976).
John Atom and Bill Ackerman join Mike to discuss the original manga, the 2006 Indian remake Zinda, the 2013 Spike Lee version, and the Brian DePalma film Obsession (1976).
Labels: Brian DePalma Chan-wook Park Josh Brolin Mark Dawidziak Min-sik Choi Paul Schrader Samuel L Jackson Sharlto Copley Spike Lee
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Music credits
- "Bring My Love" - Starsailor
- "If I Had a Hammer" - Peter, Paul & Mary
Links & resources
- Buy the Oldboy manga (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Park Chan-Wook's Oldboy (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Spike Lee's Oldboy (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Zinda on DVD (opens in a new tab)
- Watch Zinda on Amazon Prime (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Obsession (opens in a new tab)
- Read about the controversy over the Oldboy remake poster (opens in a new tab)
- Read 13 Movies that Deserve a Director's Cut on Blu-ray by Mike McGranaghan (opens in a new tab)
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Comments (1)
Ryan Gettig I have really been soaking up Czechtember&thank God I share my birthday with a cool cat like BrianDePalma!It's his birthday as you posted this&Obsession is underrated Paul Schrader scripting as well,but Mike sooner than later you'll get around to RepoMan&Weird Science I hope:)....