I'm a simple woman, I see old boy, I like. Great video 😍

You could have mentioned Oedipus. The film's relation to Greek tragedy ties in nicely with your argument on retributive justice.

Wow. Every time I watch one of these, I think it's your best one.

I just saw the US remake yesterday and was so disappointed what they have done to the original masterpiece. You barely recognize the movie and its intentions in the newer version.

Terry Pratchet says it best. In his book, the Hogfather, Death tells his granddaughter that as practice humans need to learn the little lies like fairies, magic, and superstition to learn the big ones like justice, mercy, and duty. To the universe such things are folly. Grind it down and sift it through the finest siv and you’ll never find an atom of justice and an atom of mercy. Such are nothing more than the Imaginings of humans to create order in an uncaring and chaotic universe. At least on the grounds of how i agree to it.

One of my favorite directors! Would love to see you make a video about the other films in the revenge trilogy. But my favorite film is Thirst and would also love a video about it.

Justice does not create closure.

If person A exerces revenge by killing person B and nobody knows person A did it, family/friends of person B can still exerce revenge... on person C, simply because they need someone to blame (like in Memento).

I've been wondering lately if there's actually no such thing as justice because the pain of the crime sticks with you, if not for life, for a long time.

To address the video itself, it is very tempting to take revenge or get back at someone, but since revenge (especially unjustified) begets more revenge, it is to be avoided; it takes more effort & energy to hate & nurse a grudge that it does to let go & move on with your life.

Definitely you are my favourite movie analysis channel

Please consider adding English subtitles to your videos, to help us non-native speakers. Thank you.

just watched it the other day and was hoping you'd make a video on this masterpiece! GG

Bravo! A gorgeous meditation on one of my favs!

That show successfully crossed into ASMR territory. Not a bad thing, though

Can you do the french movie In My Skin (2002) by Marina de Van?

You alluded to prison reform; is that something you might touch more on in another video?

I find that the point of the movie isn’t that revenge is bad, the rest of Park Chan Wook’s stuff also addresses that it’s not so simple. What you’ll find in all of Park Chan Wook’s stuff is that he opposes revenge at the expense of one’s self and misdirected revenge. In oldboy in particular, it’s a narrative about truth and where the desire for revenge can take you. It’s not really commenting on the morals of revenge, just showing it’s impact on the human mind and showing how muddied the waters can get once revenge extends into extremes. While I agree with your sentiment on punitive justice, I feel this is more your interpretation as a result of your opinions (which as far as I’m aware I also agree with just so you know I’m not trying to be a dick by saying so). Overall the film shows flaws in revenge but certainly isn’t anti revenge by any means.

Please do La Dolce Vita!!

After I saw this movie I became a pacifist. Revenge is so empty.

Why does an act of justice need to be beneficial to the society?

Please do in-depth analysis of the movie "the neon demon 2016"

Brilliant analysis but - to quote you - one flaw in that line of thinking: what if the director and everyone involved did not intend the film to go that deep into meanings? This movie could very well be a success based solely on a simpler noir/mystery/whodunit platform. Korean revenge flicks may be just that

merci

Are you alright? You sound different in this video.

I liked the Japanese manga much more than the movie. The manga was far more subtle. There's no shock value incest plot. The ending is totally different and something most people won't understand. It's more about social anxiety and loneliness, and I've seen plenty of angry comments from people who couldn't relate, and wanted gross shock value instead.