The Handmaiden (2016)
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Wikidata Q20444585, film, IMDb tt4016934, TMDB 290098: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 3 more episodes agree.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
In the store as #692, The Handmaiden (2016).
Who talked about it
Blank Check with Griffin & David
- David Sims: 2 lines in Decision to Leave with Tatiana Maslany
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
The Big Picture
Came from
What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says it drew on another film or person.
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
Decision to Leave: 3 lines career ×1 craft ×1 people ×1
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people (same director):
Decision to Leave → The Handmaiden.
Sean says The Handmaiden was the first Park movie he liked in a long time, then Decision to Leave was the next.
“It was like the 1st park movie I'd liked in a while.”
The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 0:45:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
Stoker: 1 line career ×1
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career (career context):
The Handmaiden → Stoker.
Handmaiden was partly Amazon-funded, so after Stoker and Drummer Girl the Hollywood door was open for Park.
“Right, and Handmaiden is Korean film, obviously, but that was partly funded, I think, by Amazon, right?”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Decision to Leave with Tatiana Maslany · 0:34:36 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri, first at 0:46:13, 2 times
- compared in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Decision to Leave with Tatiana Maslany, first at 0:34:36, 6 times
- anecdote in The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’, first at 0:09:20, 1 time
- compared in The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022, first at 0:44:59, 1 time
What was said about it, by kind
career (2)
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career (career context):
The Handmaiden → Stoker.
Handmaiden was partly Amazon-funded, so after Stoker and Drummer Girl the Hollywood door was open for Park.
“Right, and Handmaiden is Korean film, obviously, but that was partly funded, I think, by Amazon, right?”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Decision to Leave with Tatiana Maslany · 0:34:36 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them) -
career (career placement):
Decision to Leave → The Handmaiden.
Handmaiden was the last Park film several of them had seen before this one; Griffin ranks it his number one.
“I haven't seen a Park John Rook film since The Handmaiden, which blew my mind.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Decision to Leave with Tatiana Maslany · 0:57:20 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)
craft (1)
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craft (style comparison):
Decision to Leave → The Handmaiden.
Decision to Leave is more restrained than The Handmaiden but still has wild camera moves.
“I guess he means more restrained than the Handmaiden.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Decision to Leave with Tatiana Maslany · 1:49:21 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
people (1)
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people (same director):
Decision to Leave → The Handmaiden.
Sean says The Handmaiden was the first Park movie he liked in a long time, then Decision to Leave was the next.
“It was like the 1st park movie I'd liked in a while.”
The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 0:45:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Park Chan-wook: director (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Decision to Leave with Tatiana Maslany)
- Park Chan-wook: director (The Big Picture, The Top Five Movies of 2022)