Bakjwi [Thirst] (2009)
"If the Vatican gets as interested in my film as it is in the one by Tom Hanks (Angels & Demons), I'd be delighted. When I made the hero a priest, my idea was not to criticize the calling or the religion, both of which I respect. I was just looking for the purest and most humanistic job a person in our society could have, and the priesthood seemed obvious to me. To have a character who practices charity and does good deeds in daily life, and who needs to drink blood to stay alive… I was curious about the dilemmas that could create, and what the moral of the story could be… When I was mulling over this project ten years ago, I wanted to avoid all the usual vampire flick clichés, like the manor house, the cloak, the garlic, or the Christian cross. Vampires are always shown in a romantic way, with their fangs, and all… I wanted my own vampire to be quite realistic and even scientific."
//(Park Chan-wook@Cannes Festival Press Conferences)//
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