In this episode, we discuss Park Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden, including the screenplay's masterful use of setup and payoff, the film's relationship to the rest of Park's filmography, and Park's filmmaking process.

See where The Handmaiden is available to watch.

Supplemental Material:

Curzon's The Handmaiden Blu-ray

The Handmaiden: Why Costume Design is Important by Filmed in Ether

Park Chan-wook Interview with BFI

The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith | Park Chan-wook - The Handmaiden Q&A

In the Projection Booth with Park Chan-wook

Park Chan-wook & Kim Tae-ri Interview with Film Courage

Park Chan-wook & Kim Tae-ri Interview with DP/30

Park Chan-wook Interview with Den of Geek

Park Chan-wook Interview with That Shelf

Kim Min-hee Interview

In Another Time and Place: The Handmaiden as an Adaptation by Chi-Yun Shin

“The Handmaiden” and the Freedom Women Find Only with One Another By Jia Tolentino

Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden: Exclusive Clip by Entertainment Weekly

Park Chan-Wook’s ‘The Handmaiden’ – A Feminist, LGBTQ+ Classic in a Deeply Misogynistic Genre by Evangelique Poh

Additional Audio Sources:

Curzon's The Handmaiden Blu-ray

The Handmaiden Trailer

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