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Everything is always a return to form or a whole new level or his most personal project ever.
AndElvisis going to be Baz LuhrmansCitizen Kane.
The plot feels like the kind that was elegantly sketched out on graph paper.
Was it an accident, a suicide, or murder?
Hes also struck by her soulfulness, the opposite of his own chipper, scientific wife.
When she discovers hes been following her, she falls for him too.
you might have a lot of fun counting the Hitchcock influences here; I certainly did.
Theres the divided loyalties ofNotoriousandNorth By Northwest, the voyeurism ofRear WindowandPsycho, the shifting identities ofVertigo.
The plot has a mirrored structure the late master would have admired.
There are two locations: the mountains and the sea, their own mirror images.
The day your love ended, one tells the other, was the day mine began.
At the films press conference on Tuesday, Park downplayed comparisons to Hitchcock and other influences.
(The plot also resembles the 1961 Japanese filmA Wife Confesses.)
A lot of journalists mentionedVertigo, he said.
I thought,Really?I listened to their explanations, and there are a number of similarities.
But when I made this film, I wasnt thinking of any other films in particular.
he said, taking mock offense.
I really wanted to make a film for adults.
When I said that, everyone expected something erotic or sexy.
So I did the exact opposite.
Still, Park fans will appreciate that his visual verve remains.
Arguments that the film is more exciting than engaging might hold water, but you know what?
Thats what they said about Hitchcock.
