I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch.
Park Chan-wookI guess I probably make violent films partly because I can't express my anger in my real life very well.
Park Chan-wookA film set is a workplace for me; it's my office, and nobody really wants to be in a stressful work environment.
Park Chan-wookNot only do I look at the playback with the actors, but I look at the on-set assembly footage with the sequences with my actors as well. These are the reasons why I take twice as much time to shoot a film in Korea. Thinking back, I remember on my first ever Korean film, I never used any playback or on-set assembly, so all I had to do was to tell myself it's just like making my first ever Korean-language film. After that, I felt right at home.
Park Chan-wook