Park Chan Wook
Lady Vendetta (친절한 금자씨, Chinjeolhan geumjassi)

THE REVIEW

The time elapsed since an injustice was suffered doesn't matter; if what has been done to us has significant consequences on our existence, then the need for revenge will be pure and everlasting.

The time period between the abuse suffered and personal satisfaction will serve for the cold planning of one's fulfillment and the refinement of the ability to put one's intentions into practice.

13 years is an appropriate timeframe, the necessity to save one's moral integrity develops new attitudes akin to a rebirth.

The desire for revenge is capable of changing people's personality, transforming them and making them unrecognizable.

A look of desperation can be mistaken for madness by the most attentive observer if they are willing to believe it so. An appearance of normalcy deceives everyone.

Empathy is the strongest human characteristic and makes highly improbable actions possible.

Guilt cannot be atoned for, but over time it strengthens the desire for revenge.

The desire for revenge is red like blood, high-heeled shoes, eyeshadow, and a slip: these are a reminder and never objects for your pleasure.

Bleach should not be ingested; it says so on the label.

Killing someone requires determination, a sense of justice, and an ethic; otherwise, one is just a brutal murderer.

The last dish should be the best part of the meal; sharing it with other diners is appreciated, if they are worthy.

Beauty is meaningless in itself, but it becomes a weapon in the hands of others. Violence always begets more violence.

If you wash your sins with an abrasive sponge, your skin will be like a newborn's. White as the whitest tofu, like a whipped cream cake under the snow.

Cinematic beauty lies in making plausible what is deemed unacceptable in reality; it is a process of sublimation.

Lee Geum-ja in her yellow suit, a missing daughter, her thirst for blood is the renewed, intimate, fresh, and angelic version of that devil Beatrix Kiddo.