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Evie is a peacock trapped in a cage during her mourning period, dressed in a tight
silhouette with everything formfitting and sleek. Her feathers open up with Uncle Charlie’s
attention until she becomes completely vulnerable at the end, skin exposed and hair loose and
messy.
Meanwhile, Uncle Charlie’s dapper style recalls Cary Grant circa 1950. There’s a
precision to his casual elegance right down to his cashmere sweater and, of course, his saddle
shoes.
The end result is a look that is both oddly familiar and a bit disorienting; completely
contemporary, yet dislocated in time and place. “What was most exciting for me as a fan of Park
Chan-Wook is that this has a different look from his other films,” says DePrez. “It is similar in
the way he approaches the characters and his impeccable compositions and framing. But the
setting is different from anything he’s ever done.”
STOKER’s haunting, evocative score was created by Clint Mansell, who received a
2012 Grammy ® nomination for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for the psychological
thriller, BLACK SWAN. Director Park was impressed with Mansell’s work on that and other
films, including MOON, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM and π. He was offered the job after the
director attended a performance at the legendary Los Angeles nightspot, Largo.
Mansell had seen Director Park’s previous films OLDBOY and THIRST, and was aware
of his renown within the film community. “I took the gig, because I wanted to work with Director
Park,” he says. “I look for different sensibilities and different experiences than might be found in
many movies. STOKER has these.”
Mansell holds Director Park in high regard, both as an artist and a collaborator. “He is
very relaxed, yet very focused. Even when his notes were quite small, they had a big impact on
the score. He knows what he wants, but is open-minded about new ideas, so working with him
was extremely fulfilling.”
“My number one goal is always to create music that serves the film,” adds the composer.
“But I feel I do my best work when I connect with the film in a way that the music I create is very
personal to me.”
Director Park has long been enthralled by Clint Mansell’s music. “When we were
making the trailer for SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE, I heard a piece of temporary
music that the editor had put in on his own, and I was thunderstruck. It was because this music,
the kind that I heard for the first time in my life, was shockingly beautiful. I was told it was music
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