Oldboy (2003)
Starring:
Min-sik Choi
Ji-tae Yu
Hye-jeong Kang
This week on Total Movie Recall, Steve and Ryan take on the roles of Oedipus and Sophocles as they regress deep into their subconscious to cope with the brutal realities of Seoul's gritty underbelly. Steve comes to terms with his unquenchable thirst for revenge, Ryan double checks his list of those he has wrongs, and they both conclude that eating a live octopus might be a one way ticket to Elder God hell.
Dae-Su is an obnoxious drunk bailed from the police station yet again by a friend. However, he's abducted from the street and wakes up in a cell, where he remains for the next 15 years, drugged unconscious when human contact is unavoidable, otherwise with only the television as company. And then, suddenly released, he is invited to track down his jailor with a denouement that is simply stunning.
Things discussed in the show:
Brooklyn - Saoirse Ronan, Nick Hornby
The Big Short - Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling
American Crime Story: O.J. Simpson - John Travolta, Cuba Gooding Jr. (Snow Dogs, Boat Trip), David Schwimmer
Ryan Murphy - Nip/Tuck, American Horror Story, Glee
The Happiness of the Katakuris, The Host
Un Chien Andalou - Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dali
The octopus scene - Octopus and their alien DNA
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Lars Von Trier - The Element of Crime, Dancer in the Dark
Oldboy (2013) - Josh Brolin, Spike Lee
The Rocketeer, Beauty and the Beast, The Black Cauldron
Next week: The Sword in the Stone
