![]() ![]() It’s a simple and symbolic expression of the elimination equaling death.” A subplot involving Squid Game guards mining organs from the challenge’s eliminated players called for a more grounded realism. I personally thought that having the people be eliminated using a gun was in fact very unrealistic in a way, meaning that it was not as violent because it was more symbolic than realistic. “In Korea, we don’t use guns, so the gun is actually a very unrealistic weapon in Korea. “When we were depicting the eliminations of the games, I wanted to express that elimination equals death,” he says. ![]() To him, the brutality of the show - and the use of guns - is much more symbolic. But Hwang never intended to exhibit violence just for sensationalism. The show, which stars Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo and Jung Ho-yeon, is rather violent, as contestants fight for their lives through various games - with the sole survivor winning big prize money. And I think these changes have created an environment where the idea of people putting their life on the line playing children’s games is no longer something that is too absurd.” ![]() There are more and more people who really don’t dream about the future, and that drives people to want to gamble, to really take it all and put it all on the line and hope for the best. “And I feel like the world is gradually moving toward dystopia. “ almost like a lottery now - almost like a gamble where people in reality have actually doubled or really increased their wealth overnight,” he explains. He also says climate change and the appearance of crypto- and virtual currency have made the idea of Squid Game more authentic. The filmmaker, who can count 2011’s crime film Silenced and 2017’s The Fortress among his credits, says his concept has become more realistic over time as the “gap between the wealthy and the poor has become greater” over the past decade. And so the fact that this story was no longer not realistic, that it was no longer absurd, but that it was something that was very in touch with reality after a decade, it saddened me a little bit as a person, but it also brought me joy as a creator.” “And I think the pandemic also accelerated the situation a bit as well. “The response that I got after 10 years was that it was, in fact, very realistic - that there are probably people playing this game somewhere in the world,” Hwang tells The Hollywood Reporter through an interpreter. China Box Office: 'Ninja Turtles' Bombs as Local Blockbuster 'No More Bets' Hits Jackpot With $101M ![]()
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