{"id":336444,"date":"2022-11-20T04:34:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T04:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/?p=336444"},"modified":"2022-11-30T04:55:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T04:55:10","slug":"park-chan-wook-on-how-a-language-barrier-became-central-element-of-his-film-contenders-l-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/park-chan-wook-on-how-a-language-barrier-became-central-element-of-his-film-contenders-l-a","title":{"rendered":"Park Chan-wook On How A Language Barrier Became &#8220;Central Element&#8221; Of His Film &#8211; Contenders L.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Decision to Leave has a murder, a search for the killer and a determined investigator. But co-writer and director Park Chan-wook says he was determined to tell a story that would set the film apart. &#8220;My challenge was how to tell a unique story from that basic premise,&#8221; Park said through a translator Saturday at Deadline&#8217;s Contenders Film: Los Angeles awards-season event. RELATED: The Contenders Film: Los Angeles &#8211; Deadline&#8217;s Full Coverage The film, outh Korea&#8217;s entry for the Best International Feature Oscar race, centers on a detective investigating a man&#8217;s death in the mountains, who meets the dead man&#8217;s mysterious wife in the course of his dogged criminal probe. To give the story a twist, Park cast Chinese actress Tang Wei as the widow. &#8220;Ever since I watched Ang Lee&#8217;s Lust, Caution , I&#8217;ve always wanted to work with her,&#8221; the filmmaker said. RELATED: Deadline Contenders Film Los Angeles Arrivals &amp; Panels Gallery Since the actress doesn&#8217;t speak fluent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decision to Leave&#160;has a murder, a search for the killer and a determined investigator. But co-writer and director Park Chan-wook says he was determined to tell a story that would<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-336444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movies","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}