The Hollywood Reporter speaks with Park Chan-wook
The Hollywod Reporter sat down with Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook in Cannes about his new film Thirst, due to be released by Focus in the United States this summer. The first question was how to classify this highly original take on the classic vampire film. Park responds:
if I said "Thirst" is a "vampire romance," most people will think of "Interview With the Vampire," or "Bram Stoker's Dracula," even though the romanticism found in those films has nothing at all to do with "Thirst." Also, no one will be able to conceive of the religious issues that are embedded in "Thirst." But if I really had to come up with an answer, I cannot think of any other than "vampire romance." If there is a more accurate way of classifying it, please let me know.
Well, when we see it, we'll have to come up with an answer.
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