"Literature is different from cinema in that, when I’m writing it, I’m thinking of one reader who will go through a range of emotions with me, whereas with film I’m addressing a larger audience. For me, writing fiction is like writing love letters."
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"Big Bad World: A Conversation with Lee Chang-dong" in The Criterion Collection (6 February 2019)
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