Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Grace Duffy and Andy McCarroll, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT.
This week, Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy.
One night in 1988, Oh Dae-su is snatched off the street. He is taken to a mysterious hotel room, where he is locked away without any human contact. Then, fifteen years later, he is just as suddenly released. Forced to adjust to life outside his prison, Oh Dae-su sets out to discover why he was imprisoned for fifteen years. And, perhaps just as importantly, why he was suddenly released.
At time of recording, it was ranked 74th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 13th June 2024.
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- Paul Smith writes at Cine-Excess about the Tartan “Asia Extreme” DVD collection, September 2015.
- Chi-Yun Shin writes at Jump Cut about the importance of branding the “Asia Extreme” film collection, Spring 2008.
- Carlos Aguilar at The Los Angeles Times writes about the legacy and the success of Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy, August 2023.
- Daniel Martin writes about Audition as effectively the birth of the “Asia Extreme” branding in Extreme Asia, 2015.
- Louise Holden and Peter McGuire write at The Irish Times about popular student bars in Dublin, August 2013.
- Park Chan-wook talks to The New York Times about his life and career, March 2005.
- Park Chan-wook talks to The New York Times about the South Korean film industry, April 2006.
- Yoon Min-sik at The Korea Herald looks back at the June Struggle, May 2023.
- Choe Sang-Hun at The New York Times reflects on the life and history of Korean dictator Chun Doo-hwan, November 2021.
- Jia Tolentino profiles Park Chan-wook for The New Yorker, April 2024.
- Park Chan-wook talks to The Los Angeles Times about his tenure as a film critic, March 2005.
- Park Chan-wook talks to The Guardian about his influences and his career, March 2008.
- Colin Fitzgerald at PopMatters reflects on Park Chan-wook’s Joint Security Area, March 2021.
- Alexander Chee at profiles Park Chan-wook for The New York Times, October 2017.
- Park Chan-wook talks to Future Movies about his approach to filmmaking, October 2006.
- Justin Chang writes in The Los Angeles Times about how Oldboy changed the Cannes Film Festival, May 2019.
- Darcy Paquet and Paolo Bertolin at Korean Film look back at Korean cinema at the Cannes Film Festival, May 2004.
- David Sims at The Atlantic looks back on the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, May 2014.
- Jonny Walfisz at EuroNews considers how Shrek II premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, May 2023.
- The Associated Press previews The Ladykillers at the Cannes Film Festival, April 2004.
- Park Chan-wook talks to Radio Times about his deep and abiding affection for Alfred Hitchcock, October 2022.
- Patrick Brzeski at The Hollywood Reporter considers the violence of Park Chan-wook’s filmography, August 2023.
- Hugh Linehan at The Irish Times considers the challenges facing the Irish Film Classification Office, April 2021.
- Wentworth Miller talks to The Daily Beast about writing Stoker, March 2013.
- Park Chan-wook talks to RogerEbert.com about remastering Oldboy, August 2023.
- Park Chan-wook talks to IndieWire about the restoration of Oldboy, August 2023.
- Jill Goldsmith at Deadline reports on the box office success of the remastered Oldboy, August 2023.
- Christopher Nolan talks to Film Comment about his “unrestored” version of 2001: A Space Odyssey, May 2018.
- Leah Schnelbach at ReactorMag looks back on “the Walker Texas Ranger Lever”, May 2024.
- Emmanuel Ronquillo at Collider looks back on how NCIS spun out of JAG, November 2023.
- Sandra E. Garcia at The New York Times reflects on Bong Joon Ho’s commentary on the “one-inch barrier” of subtitles, February 2020.
- Charlotte Gill at The Telegraph considers the social taboo around incest, September 2016.
- Maggie Fox at ABC News reports on the science of disgust over incest, February 2007.
- Mimsie Ladner at The Culture Trip reflects on superstitions in modern South Korea, November 2023.
- Park Chan-wook talks to Sight and Sound about his decision to build Oldboy around the twist of incest, October 2022.
- Justin Morrow at No Film School considers Oldboy in the tradition of Greek tragedy, May 2016.
- Julian Darius at Sequart considers Oldboy as a story that evolves from Agamemnon to Oedipus, November 2013.
- Park Chan-wook talks to IndieWire about his reaction to Spike Lee’s remake of Oldboy, December 2022.
- Alex Suskind at Vulture compares and contrasts Spike Lee and Park Chan-wook’s versions of Oldboy, November 2013.
- Don Kirk at The New York Times considers South Korea’s embrace of the internet, October 2001.
- Howard W. French at The New York Times reports on South Korea’s shift to digital, October 2002.
- Choe Sang-Hun at The New York Times considers the rise in “cyberviolence” in South Korea, August 2006.
- KBizoom reports on the life and career of Kang Hye-Jung, March 2022.
- Ted Michaels on YouTube considers the use of colour in Oldboy, October 2017.
- Kelly Leow at MovieMaker considers the octopus-eating scene in Oldboy, January 2023.
- Joe Otterson at Variety reports on plans for an Oldboy television show, April 2024.
- AMC announces the next season of Snowpiercer, including executive producer Park Chan-wook, March 2024.
- Samantha Bergeson at IndieWire reports on the challenges facing the development of the Parasite television series, October 2022.
- Manohla Dargis reviews Oldboy for The New York Times, March 2005.
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