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Originally Posted by neverending
Chrono, your story offers the most fleshed out characters, but they're not as original as I would expect from you- I see heavy doses of Old One-Eye here, and that episode of Three Extremes where they make dumplings out of babies. Was that by Park? The ending seems somewhat of a let-down as well. I'm not sure I believe he would kill himself.
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Who's "Old One-Eye"? :o
Re:
Three... Extremes - No, Park did the second movie, "Cut." I thought that the Hong Kong short "Dumplings" was actually the weakest of the three films and when invoking the cannibalism in
Daughter Vengeance, I was alluding more of the "last supper" scene in
Titus Andronicus, which was fueled by Titus' vengeance upon Tamara by serving her her own sons (as opposed to the more subtle serving of "Dumplings" that is more an allegory for the extremes of female vanity). I probably could have chosen a different food for them to prepare together, though (galbi, samgyeopsal, meat stew, etc.). For me, it was absolutely integral that we have the mother/daughter baking scene (such a gothic horror twist on classic maternal bonding) and the first thing I thought of was dumplings (thinking about how dumplings, in particular play a role in
Oldboy, so it was as much a purposeful nod to
Oldboy as it was to
Titus Andronicus).
Re: The ending of
Daughter of Vengeance: I can see that. I skimmed over Dae-Jung Lee's relationship with his sons in the piece. The intention was that he was not only tender and loving (as I mentioned), but full of pride in his lineage (part of forcing Hye-Su Oh’s Mother to marry him was the impetus and desire to have a family and boys to carry on his name). It was all
up here (*points to Chrono's forehead*), but I guess I didn't capture it
here (*points to HDC*). :D
Thanks for the feedback! Sorry it was a bit of a disappointment. :(
And again, thanks for taking the time to read all entries from start to finish and providing the feedback that you do. This HAS been a challenge and I'm glad that we have judges who are willing to put in as much time that we have.