TMR 024 – Oldboy

Oldboy (2003) d. Chan-wook Park Starring: Min-sik Choi Ji-tae Yu Hye-jeong Kang This week on Total Movie Recall, Steve and Ryan take on the roles of Oedipus and Sophocles as they regress deep into their subconscious to cope with the brutal realities of Seoul's gritty underbelly. Steve comes to terms with his unquenchable thirst for revenge, Ryan double checks his list of those he has wrongs, and they both conclude that eating a live octopus might be a one way ticket to Elder God hell. Dae-Su is an obnoxious drunk bailed from the police station yet again by a friend. However, he's abducted from the street and wakes up in a cell, where he remains for the next 15 years, drugged unconscious when human contact is unavoidable, otherwise with only the television as company. And then, suddenly released, he is invited to track down his jailor with a denouement that is simply stunning. Things discussed in the show: Seoul, South Korea Brooklyn - Saoirse Ronan, Nick Hornby The Big Short - Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling The Revenant, Room 30 Rock - Dean Winters The Raid 2 American Crime Story: O.J. Simpson - John Travolta, Cuba Gooding Jr. (Snow Dogs, Boat Trip), David Schwimmer Ryan Murphy - Nip/Tuck, American Horror Story, Glee The Crow Battle Royale The Happiness of the Katakuris, The Host The hallway fight scene Un Chien Andalou - Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dali Blue Velvet - David Lynch The octopus scene - Octopus and their alien DNA H.P. Lovecraft The Count of Monte Christo Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance Lars Von Trier - The Element of Crime, Dancer in the Dark Oedipus, Sophocles Oldboy (2013) - Josh Brolin, Spike Lee Oldboy soundtrack Look Who's Talking Stoker The Rocketeer, Beauty and the Beast, The Black Cauldron Next week: The Sword in the Stone