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Don't read this post unless you have already seen the film otherwise this would be a spoiler.
I watched the Stoker today with a wise friend and this is what I came out with after our analyzing discussion.
Intricate and compelling, Park Chan- Wook again wowed me with his ability to turn Stoke, one of the top ten black listed screen play in 2010 into one of the most beautiful and psychologically intriguing thriller film I'd ever seen...
In this film, Park used a lot of symbolism and metaphors through the finest details. Such as the scene where Charlie offered India the yellow umbrella, yellow in psychology means creating a feeling of frustration and anger, it is also the most attention-getting color; in this case Charlie obviously wanted India's attention just like how he wanted his oldest brother's attention when they were little.
Another big symbolic object was the belt. Notice whenever Charlie killed, he always took off his belt as a sign that he let his inner monster ran loose whereas when India shot Charlie and the cop at the end of the movie, she kept her dad belt on to signify that unlike Charlie, she was a well trained "hunter" instead of a child crying for attention. Remember all the letters that India read from Charlie in her father's office, one mentioned how much alike Charlie felt India was going to be and that they were one of a kind, she would never be alone and he would always be with her. And because fearing one day it may be true that India could somehow be like Charlie, her father taught her how to hunt at a young age, to teach her and tame the possible desire she might carries.
In my opinion, every choice and decision that were taken placed in Stoker by each character was well measured and developed, they were rich and they had their own individuality.
I can go on and on but i think that's the different between Park and many other directors, his way of story telling is woven into the details, there are clues you have to look and analyze like a puzzle as he also said: "I like telling big stories through small, artificially created worlds" and by the way i think his background in philosophy is also a key element to his way of telling a story, one must analyze and look closely for clues. I also appreciated his remake of certain scene from Hitchcock's Vertigo, very modern and artistic.
These are my favorite tracks from the film... I rarely like the entire soundtrack but this case makes the exception.
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood- Summer wine
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