By Hanna Rantala
VENICE (Reuters) -It took Park Chan-wook two decades to bring his latest film “No Other Choice” to the screen, but the South Korean director said on Friday the story’s core theme of job insecurity was more relevant than ever as technologies march into the workplace.
Park, who shot to international fame with his violent 2003 thriller “Oldboy,” said he struggled for years to obtain financing for his latest work, a biting satire that blends jokey comedy with bleak social commentary.
But he kept faith in the project because people remained deeply connected with its focus on economic anxiety.
“We all harbour that deep fear of employment and security,” Park told a press conference ahead of the film’s premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival.
“No Other Choice” fol