Park Chan-wook: Meditations into the Shadows of the Human Heart
Park Chan-wook has explored many genres, but his most fundamental inquiry seems to be connected to teh ugliness of human instinct.
Rajiv Prajapati is a freelance writer from Nepal, passionate about cinema and all things spiritual. He is a fan of action cinema and loves South Indian genre salads with a passion. Some of his idle obsessions include the unique ambience of 2000s Bollywood classics, films and shows that seamlessly blend genres, and thought-provoking dramas that masquerade as action flicks. He has been published on Movieweb, The Himalayan Times, and The Record Nepal.
Park Chan-wook has explored many genres, but his most fundamental inquiry seems to be connected to teh ugliness of human instinct.
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