The Moon Is… The Sun’s Dream
Here ’s why theater director Park Chan - wook has essentially disowned his 1992 directorial debutThe Moon Is … The Sun ’s Dream . Park first rise to excrescence thanks to his so - called " Vengeance " trilogy , beginning with 2002’sSympathy For Mr. Vengeanceand ending withLady Vengeance . This most acclaimed of the three was the middle chapterOldboy , which told the floor of a man who is cryptically imprisoned by unknown forces for fifteen years and is just as cryptically released . He sets out on a quest to ascertain his tormentors and the movie ’s brilliant focussing and shocking twist made it a word of mouth success around the world .
Oldboywas later remade to much less effect by Spike Lee in 2013 . Park Chan - wook ’s body of work since this trilogy is an embarrassment of rich people , including unconventional wild-eyed comedyI’m a Cyborg , But That ’s OK , the chilly thrillerStokerstarring Mia Wasikowska and his most recent motion-picture show was 2016 ’s acclaimed erotic thrillerThe Handmaiden .
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Its likely even fans of Park Chan - wook have n’t seen his 1992 directorial debutThe Moon Is … The Sun ’s Dream . Park directed this violent melodrama in his twenties , and it roll around a love Triangulum between mobster Mu - hoon , his lover Eun - ju - who is the mistress of a gang gaffer - and Mu - hoon ’s lensman brother . While all the ingredients are there for a hard , tragical romance , the decisive witting on the motion picture is that its a real raft . The Moon Is … The Sun ’s Dreamis look at something of an overearnest chore by those who ’ve seen it , with the playacting , score and grim pace being frequent sources of critique .
Park Chan - wook appears to agree with that consensus too . AfterThe Moon Is … The Sun ’s Dreambombed upon release , it ’s been most impossible to find a copy , with Park himself reportedly lancinating to keep both it and his 2d , evenly underseen movieTrioout of circulation . During a 2006ScreenTalkinterview he was asked aboutThe Moon Is … The Sun ’s Dreamand stated " It ’s really golden that not many of you have get word this first film - for you and for me ! I made it when I was in my twenty dollar bill and I had this blind ambition to essentially make a film , so that ’s how I got to make that plastic film . And it was very humiliated budget , and very sentimental , and it ’s just very … you know … awful . "
While both the manager and critics may considerThe Moon Is … The Sun ’s Dreama hole , it also touches on key themes , including vengeance , that he would explore in his subsequent oeuvre . It ’s also not strange for even acclaimed filmmakers to basically repudiate their own work , withMichael Mannreportedly also eager to keep his second movieThe Keep- a furore 1983 repugnance fantasy dress during World War 2 - out of circulation ; in a vocation retrospective interview with Mann from 2015 it was famed by its absence . Even ifThe Moon Is … The Sun ’s Dreamembarrasses Park Chan - wook now , it was potential a worthful experience as it learn him whatnotto do while making a movie .
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