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%Start Park Chan-wook &#8216;Not the Biggest Fan&#8217; of Film Noir IndieWire &times; Continue to IndieWire SKIP AD You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Back to IndieWire News All News Galleries Lists Box Office Trailers Festivals Thompson on Hollywood Film All Film Reviews Interviews Profiles of a Partnership 2022 Best Movies of 2022, So Far 2022 Fall Movie Preview 2023 Oscars &#8217;90s Week Best of the Decade Video Podcasts TV All TV Reviews Interviews 2022 Fall TV Preview 2022 Emmys Best TV Shows of 2022, So Far Influencers: The Craft of TV 2022 Video Podcasts Awards All Awards 2023 Oscar Predictions TV Awards Calendar Film Awards Calendar Thompson on Hollywood Influencers: Profiles of a Partnership 2022 Awards Spotlight Spring 2022 Craft Considerations Top of the Line Animation Podcasts Video All Video Podcasts Consider This Conversations Toolkit Sundance Studio Awards Spotlight Winter 2022 Tune In Shop Gift Guides Tech Movies and TV to Buy and Stream More About Team How to Pitch Stories and Articles to IndieWire Advertise with IndieWire Confidential Tips News All News Galleries Lists Box Office Trailers Festivals Thompson on Hollywood Film All Film Reviews Interviews Profiles of a Partnership 2022 Best Movies of 2022, So Far 2022 Fall Movie Preview 2023 Oscars &#8217;90s Week Best of the Decade Video Podcasts TV All TV Reviews Interviews 2022 Fall TV Preview 2022 Emmys Best TV Shows of 2022, So Far Influencers: The Craft of TV 2022 Video Podcasts Awards All Awards 2023 Oscar Predictions TV Awards Calendar Film Awards Calendar Thompson on Hollywood Influencers: Profiles of a Partnership 2022 Awards Spotlight Spring 2022 Craft Considerations Top of the Line Animation Podcasts Video All Video Podcasts Consider This Conversations Toolkit Sundance Studio Awards Spotlight Winter 2022 Tune In Shop Gift Guides Tech Movies and TV to Buy and Stream More About Team How to Pitch Stories and Articles to IndieWire Advertise with IndieWire Confidential Tips <h1>Park Chan-wook Reveals He&#8217 s &#8216 Not the Biggest Fan of the Noir Genre&#8217 Despite Success of &#8216 Decision to Leave&#8217 </h1> <h2>The director also revealed that he is not a film buff and rarely watches a movie more than once </h2> Christian Zilko Oct 22, 2022 3:45 pm Share This Article Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp Email Print Talk Park Chan-wook Getty Images Park Chan-wook&#8217;s &#8220;Decision to Leave&#8217; was one of the most acclaimed films of the 2022 festival season, winning Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival before competing in Venice and Toronto. Many have praised the &#8220;Oldboy&#8221; director&#8217;s ability to blend aspects of the film noir with more conventional romance tropes, but that doesn&#8217;t mean he considers himself a fan of the genre.
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Park Chan-wook Reveals He’ s ‘ Not the Biggest Fan of the Noir Genre’ Despite Success of ‘ Decision to Leave’

The director also revealed that he is not a film buff and rarely watches a movie more than once

Christian Zilko Oct 22, 2022 3:45 pm Share This Article Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp Email Print Talk Park Chan-wook Getty Images Park Chan-wook’s “Decision to Leave’ was one of the most acclaimed films of the 2022 festival season, winning Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival before competing in Venice and Toronto. Many have praised the “Oldboy” director’s ability to blend aspects of the film noir with more conventional romance tropes, but that doesn’t mean he considers himself a fan of the genre.
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In a new interview with The Film Stage, Park explained that “Decision to Leave” should n...
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In a new interview with The Film Stage, Park explained that &#8220;Decision to Leave&#8221; should not be read as an homage to film noir. In fact, he was far more influenced by mystery novels than he was by any cinema genre. &#8220;This might sound surprising, but I'm not the biggest fan of the noir genre,&#8221; he said.
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In a new interview with The Film Stage, Park explained that “Decision to Leave” should not be read as an homage to film noir. In fact, he was far more influenced by mystery novels than he was by any cinema genre. “This might sound surprising, but I'm not the biggest fan of the noir genre,” he said.
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&#8220;I'm not really a film buff either. I don't rewatch the same movie multiple times.
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“I'm not really a film buff either. I don't rewatch the same movie multiple times.
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There is a charming element about the noir genre, but for a lot of noir films sometimes the plot fai...
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Noir films also sometimes feel a bit more stylized. So I wasn't very conscious of the noir genre. I ...
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There is a charming element about the noir genre, but for a lot of noir films sometimes the plot fails, or the plot feels too artificial, or it relies too much on clich&eacute;. Of course, this is excluding the great noir films.
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There is a charming element about the noir genre, but for a lot of noir films sometimes the plot fails, or the plot feels too artificial, or it relies too much on cliché. Of course, this is excluding the great noir films.
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Noir films also sometimes feel a bit more stylized. So I wasn't very conscious of the noir genre. I was more influenced by detective novels, like Ed McBain's series and the Swedish series with detective Martin Beck.&#8221; <h3>Related</h3> Park Chan-wook Wanted More People to Appreciate His Films, So He Dropped the Sex and Violence &#039;Decision to Leave&#039; Trailer: Park Chan-Wook Returns with a Neo-Noir Detective Love Story <h3>Related</h3> Oscars 2023: Best Documentary Feature Predictions Oscars 2023: Best Original Score Predictions His thoughts about the film noir genre echo similar comments he recently made to IndieWire&#8217;s Eric Kohn during an interview conducted at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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Noir films also sometimes feel a bit more stylized. So I wasn't very conscious of the noir genre. I was more influenced by detective novels, like Ed McBain's series and the Swedish series with detective Martin Beck.”

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There, he explained that he prioritized the film&#8217;s romantic storyline as a way of rectifying what he saw as a flaw with many film noirs. "My film starts out as a film noir and ends as a romance," Park said.
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There, he explained that he prioritized the film’s romantic storyline as a way of rectifying what he saw as a flaw with many film noirs. "My film starts out as a film noir and ends as a romance," Park said.
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"Most film noirs are too obsessed with creating the ambience and focusing on the dark mood. They fail to bring out the multidimensional facets of life." "I have always considered that I have been making love stories," he continued. "But I realized at one point that nobody has been saying that about my films.
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"Most film noirs are too obsessed with creating the ambience and focusing on the dark mood. They fail to bring out the multidimensional facets of life." "I have always considered that I have been making love stories," he continued. "But I realized at one point that nobody has been saying that about my films.
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They even laugh when I make that kind of comment and take it as a joke. That got me into thinking about why.
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They even laugh when I make that kind of comment and take it as a joke. That got me into thinking about why.
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My assessment was that perhaps violence and nudity were really just at the forefront of everything. It was just too strong, too graphic.
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My assessment was that perhaps violence and nudity were really just at the forefront of everything. It was just too strong, too graphic.
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