In this episode, we discuss Park Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden, including the screenplay's masterful use of setup and payoff, the film's relationship to the rest of Park's filmography, and Park's filmmaking process.
See where The Handmaiden is available to watch.
Supplemental Material:
Curzon's The Handmaiden Blu-ray
The Handmaiden: Why Costume Design is Important by Filmed in Ether
Park Chan-wook Interview with BFI
The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith | Park Chan-wook - The Handmaiden Q&A
In the Projection Booth with Park Chan-wook
Park Chan-wook & Kim Tae-ri Interview with Film Courage
Park Chan-wook & Kim Tae-ri Interview with DP/30
Park Chan-wook Interview with Den of Geek
Park Chan-wook Interview with That Shelf
Kim Min-hee Interview
In Another Time and Place: The Handmaiden as an Adaptation by Chi-Yun Shin
“The Handmaiden” and the Freedom Women Find Only with One Another By Jia Tolentino
Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden: Exclusive Clip by Entertainment Weekly
Park Chan-Wook’s ‘The Handmaiden’ – A Feminist, LGBTQ+ Classic in a Deeply Misogynistic Genre by Evangelique Poh
Additional Audio Sources:
Curzon's The Handmaiden Blu-ray
The Handmaiden Trailer
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