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Genre• Oldboy is a hybrid of:• Action• Romance• Comedy• Horror• Thriller• Detective Noir• Surrealism• Although it follows many genres, in true New Wave
style it breaks away from the traditional formula and does not fulfil our expectations.
Expreimental
• Oldboy breaks the verisimillitude used by mainstream filmmaking.
• Many techniques used attract attention to themselves and constantly remind the audience that they are watching an artificial construct.
• These techniques are spread throughout the film.
Jump Cuts
Long Takes
Minimal/Creative use of CGI
Camera Movement
Excessive use of colour
Split Screen
Extreme Close-ups
Identity
Identity and New Waves
• A recurring trait of new wave and art films is to have complex characters who do not easily fit into simple stereotypes and stock characters.
• Characters can often be seen to be suffering from loss, loneliness and longing.
• How has the visual style been used to reinforce the theme if identity and loss, loneliness and longing?