Director Park Chan-wook revealed the background of how he prepared the film 'No Other Choice' for 20 years.
On the 29th (local time), the official press conference for the 82nd Venice Film Festival was held at the Palazzo del Casino on the Lido of Venice, Italy. Present at the event were Director Park Chan-wook, who is in competition with 'No Other Choice', as well as the lead actors Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, and Yeom Hye-ran, who answered questions from the press and discussed the film.
'No Other Choice' is a film that Director Park Chan-wook transformed into his own work, based on Donald E. Westlake's novel 'Ax'. It is known that Director Park Chan-wook spent a long time contemplating how to create 'No Other Choice'. Regarding the long preparation process, he noted, "I can sum it up in one word: money."
He stated, "The fate of a film is always the same; while the budget was not entirely lacking, it took time to raise the budget that I needed. Just like how I returned to the competitive sector after 20 years, my decision to make this work into a film was made 20 years ago. After all that time, I was able to complete such a casting. Thanks to that, the investment was made, and the budget I wanted was secured for the film."
In response, Yeom Hye-ran commented, "If the director had made this film 20 years ago, I wouldn't have been able to join. In that sense, I think it's lucky." This elicited laughter.
'No Other Choice' tells the story of a company employee named Man-soo (Lee Byung-hun), who felt satisfied with his life, to the point of thinking 'I have achieved it all', but is suddenly laid off. In order to protect his wife and two children, and to keep the hard-won house, he prepares for his own war toward re-employment. The film is set to be released on Sept. 24.
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