Chan-wook Park, known best for the stunning, nearly perfect revenge film, Oldboy, returns with Thirst, another strong, even brilliant effort. Thirst is a vampire story, but really a morality tale. A Catholic Priest is infected with vampire-ism thru a blood transfusion. As a priest he is accustomed to staving off worldly desires, but finds himself truly tested by his new Vampire urges. A very thoug... read more
Description:From the acclaimed director of the global hit Old Boy comes a shockingly original vampire story with a chilling, erotic style. A blood transfusion saves the life of a priest, but also transforms him into a vampire. He struggles to control his insatiable thirst for blood until a love affair unleashes his darkest desires in deadly new wFrom the acclaimed director of the global hit Old Boy comes a shockingly original vampire story with a chilling, erotic style. A blood transfusion saves the life of a priest, but also transforms him into a vampire. He struggles to control his insatiable thirst for blood until a love affair unleashes his darkest desires in deadly new ways. Hailed as “Daring, operatic, and bloody funny!” (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly), Thirst is a truly wicked love story that takes classic vampire lore to twisted new heights.... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Universal Studios Release date : 17 November 2009 Number of discs : 1 EAN: 0025192019463 UPC: 025192019463
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“Chan-wook Park, known best for the stunning, nearly perfect revenge film, Oldboy, returns with Thirst, another strong, even brilliant effort. Thirst is a vampire story, but really a morality tale. A Catholic Priest is infected with vampire-ism thru a blood transfusion. As a priest he is accustomed to staving off worldly desires, but finds himself truly tested by his new Vampire urges. A very thoughtful film, tragic, stoic, and downright creepy at times, with just the right dose of sometimes silly, sometimes bizarre, sometimes morbid humor. The sound editing is also notable in the way it adds to the cringe effect at times, partly aided by the fact that music is used sparingly. Definately watch this one!” read more
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