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Originally Posted by ilduclo

Thirst and Oldboy are good starters

i recommended him thirst a long time ago, i think it was halloween, he liked the shot with the fluorescents in the room said he had to see it

thirst is good but not his best or most celebrated one, still i liked it tons

i think the order to start is:

1. sympathy for mr vengeance
2. old boy
3. lady vengeance

which is the order the "vengeance" trilogy was shot

from there springs the rest of his work i think

joint security area was cool and earlier but a bit clumsy in the production. which was you know fine, as he was a brilliant beginner, but it's not as memorable as what followed

and what's so great about the guy i think is that he was a philosopher first, then got involved in film, so that he always explores these not necessarily "intellectual" situations, but he finds these existential situations that always make for a great and thrilling flick, and intricate plots, and he has such a sense of visual beauty to go with it, it's just great stuff