Squid Game became a pop culture phenomenon, boasting high numbers for Netflix and earning numerous accolades. But the series’ creator had a similar taste to filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, as he took inspiration from one of their favorite films.
Hwang Dong-hyuk and Quentin Tarantino both admired this classic movie Quentin Tarantino | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Hwang was inspired to make Squid Game due to his own real-life financial situation. Much like the series’ desperate contestants, the filmmaker knew all too well what it was like trying to make ends meet on little funds. In an interview with The Guardian, he discussed how he and his family managed to stay afloat during hard times.
“I was very financially straitened because my mother retired from the company she was working for. There was a film I was working on but we failed to get finance. So I couldn’t work for about a year,...
Hwang Dong-hyuk and Quentin Tarantino both admired this classic movie Quentin Tarantino | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Hwang was inspired to make Squid Game due to his own real-life financial situation. Much like the series’ desperate contestants, the filmmaker knew all too well what it was like trying to make ends meet on little funds. In an interview with The Guardian, he discussed how he and his family managed to stay afloat during hard times.
“I was very financially straitened because my mother retired from the company she was working for. There was a film I was working on but we failed to get finance. So I couldn’t work for about a year,...
- 1/27/2024
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The “death game” sub-genre sees ordinary people fight for survival through murderous games, puzzles, and exercises. These heightened stories have become so popular because of their tendency to turn torture and suffering into a twisted form of entertainment — a concept that feels increasingly authentic with each passing year. There are dozens of anime that fit the murderous death game mold between Deadman Wonderland, Danganronpa, and Gantz. However, there are also a handful of series that specifically follow Takashi Miike’s As the Gods Will and Hwang Dong-hyuk’s Squid Game’s example, where childish recreational games and activities become the competitive tools of these characters’ destruction. Kaiji, Liar Game, Death Parade, Alice in Borderland, and Btooom! all follow this model to some extent. As the Gods Will predates Squid Game by six years, but there’s fascinating crossover between these two death game stories. As the Gods Will is the...
- 12/6/2023
- by Daniel Kurland
- bloody-disgusting.com
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