Park Chan-wook and Park Hae-il on the Making of Decision to Leave

October 20, 2022

Park Chan-wook and Park Hae-il on the Making of <i>Decision to Leave</i>

Decision to Leave director Park Chan-wook and lead actor Park Hae-il. Photography by Dan Rodriguez.

This week on the Film at Lincoln Center podcast, we’re revisiting a special conversation from the 60th New York Film Festival with director Park Chan-wook and actor Park Hae-il on the season’s biggest hit, Decision to Leave. Moderated by NYFF Executive Director Eugene Hernandez.

Decision to Leave is now playing in our theaters! Get tickets here.

Busan detective Hae-joon (Park Hae-il) finds that he’s increasingly obsessed with a puzzling new case: a middle-aged businessman has mysteriously fallen to his death during a rock climbing expedition. Upon discovering photos of his abused wife, a Chinese national named Seo-rae (Tang Wei), Hae-joon begins to suspect it wasn’t an accident, all the while becoming emotionally and erotically drawn to her. From this Hitchcockian situation, director Park Chan-wook (Oldboy) weaves a swelling, expanding, ever more complex tale about a possible black widow and the investigator who just might be fashioning his own web. One of Park’s most enveloping and accomplished thrillers, which earned him the Best Director award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Decision to Leave is a constantly surprising, elegantly constructed film that builds in power to a truly haunting denouement.

Watch/listen to the discussion on the film below and don’t forget to subscribe here for more filmmaker conversations.

Park Chan-wook and Park Hae-il on the Making of <i>Decision to Leave</i>
Park Chan-wook and Park Hae-il on the Making of <i>Decision to Leave</i>
Park Chan-wook and Park Hae-il on the Making of <i>Decision to Leave</i>
Park Chan-wook and Park Hae-il on the Making of <i>Decision to Leave</i>
Park Chan-wook and Park Hae-il on the Making of <i>Decision to Leave</i>
Park Chan-wook and Park Hae-il on the Making of <i>Decision to Leave</i>
Park Chan-wook and Park Hae-il on the Making of <i>Decision to Leave</i>
Park Chan-wook and Park Hae-il on the Making of <i>Decision to Leave</i>
Park Chan-wook and Park Hae-il on the Making of <i>Decision to Leave</i>
Park Chan-wook and Park Hae-il on the Making of <i>Decision to Leave</i>
Park Chan-wook and Park Hae-il on the Making of <i>Decision to Leave</i>

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