Did the Monster Die? | The Colours of Oldboy

Park Chan-wook's masterful direction is no secret. This is especially clear in his manipulation of the colour palette in Oldboy (2003), in which the careful placements of the colours reveal the main question of the film, did the monster die?

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
3:06 The 4 Colours
3:31 Green
6:00 Red
9:57 White
13:21 Purple
16:14 Ending
17:28 Outro

Clips:
Oldboy (2003)
Directed by Park Chan-wook

Music (from Oldboy OST by Cho Young-wuk):
"The Last Waltz"
"The Old Boy"
"Frantic"
"For Whom the Bell Tolls"
"Cul-De-Sac"
"Kiss Me Deadly"
"Breathless"
"The Big Sleep"

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