Chan Cannes Cook

With all of the international media attention that Michael Moore received when his yet to be released film, Fahrenheit 9/11, won the Palm d'Or prize at last month's Cannes Film Festival, I hadn't realized that a Korean film had taken home the Grand Jury Prize. Of the two highest Cannes prizes, the former is voted on by a select committee of judges (a handful of past prize winners) and the latter is voted on by the mass of audiences attending the festival. The film Old Boy by director Chan Wook Park is the second in a trilogy which all center on the theme of revenge. Not sure if I'll enjoy the subject matter or the genre, but Park's previous hit, Joint Security Area had me engaged from start to finish. Should be an interesting rental once it gets distributed here in the States.