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The Handmaiden (2016) by Chan-wook Park
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Cf nailed it. Agreed on all points. Especially the massive elation inducing. Got some serious elation going on here. Ring those elation bells. 

This is very Park. It’s a tale told in three chapters and it’s almost Rashomon style with the second chapter retelling the first from an entirely different perspective. Tightly constructed and beautifully realized cinematographically, this gets really perverse and twisty in chapter 2, and 3’s twists were more predictable yet solid, and satisfying regarding the ultimate fates of the characters. Park seduces us with chapter 1 which is full of sumptuous sets, landscapes, costumes and plot development, then he drops his signature hammer in chapter 2. Engaging, engrossing and elation inducing. Heck, what am I gonna do with this big elation now?

Plus tentacles! 

D00M recommended. Nsfw tho... too elating.
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The Handmaiden (2016) by Chan-wook Park - by cranefly - 02-24-2017, 11:49 AM
Cool - by Drunk Monk - 02-24-2017, 01:14 PM
Just to throw a monkey wrench into all of this... - by cranefly - 02-24-2017, 02:51 PM
stream on! - by Drunk Monk - 02-24-2017, 04:20 PM
RE: The Handmaiden (2016) by Chan-wook Park - by Drunk Monk - 10-15-2021, 11:39 PM
RE: The Handmaiden (2016) by Chan-wook Park - by cranefly - 10-16-2021, 12:19 AM

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