Josh

Building in the open

No Other Choice

While I did love the cinematography - long moving shots, super-positions, framing and placements - I think this movie muddled itself with too wide of an edit, and the energy that it built up in the beginning had faded out by the end.

The head-tapping and some of the other body manipulation was incredibly disturbing and effective; Park Chan-Wook can build a world. But I would have loved to see more of a contrast to the main character to emphasize his point, rather than literally speaking the message to the audience multiple times.

Also: This made me really want to go visit the Korean countryside. It looks beautiful.

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Josh Beckman: https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/watching/letterboxd-review-1141972014-no-other-choice-2025