Cinema Dissection: The Handmaiden

December 14, 2024

Park Chan-wook’s 2016 thriller romance The Handmaiden is a film dying to be dissected with as much intricacy as its multi-threaded narrative. Over six hours, we'll watch the film and dive into the truths and the lies, the way Park reconfigures Victorian source material for colonial-era Korea, its issues and achievements in queer representation, and that scene.

Instructor Hannah Baek suggests watching the film beforehand if you haven't seen it yet, for spoiler-free analysis and maximum dissection effect!

PASSES & TICKETS
Cinema Dissection Pass: $130 | $100 SIFF Members
Individual Tickets: $30 Sustainer | $25 Regular | $20 Member

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Saturday, December 14, 2024

SIFF Film Center

10:00 AM

CLASS SPECIFICS

Saturday, December 14, 2024
10:00am–4:00pm PT
SIFF Film Center

ABOUT CINEMA DISSECTION

Cinema Dissection affords film lovers an exciting opportunity to dig deeper into the films that they love. Inspired by Roger Ebert's annual Cinema Interruptus in Boulder, CO, attendees will participate with a facilitator in a six-hour scene-by-scene, and sometimes shot-by-shot, deconstruction of the featured film. While the facilitator will certainly share their thoughts, anyone in the audience may call out "Stop" and either ask a question of the group or make an observation around a certain shot or moment in the film.

About the Instructor: Hannah Baek

About the Instructor:

Hannah Baek is a film programmer specializing in Asian cinema and interactive film screenings. She received a master’s degree from Harvard’s Regional Studies East Asia program, where she studied gender queerness in the "Dark Ages" of 1970s South Korean cinema. Most recently, she has worked with the Seattle Art Museum, SIFF, Sundance Film Festival, the Harvard Film Archive, and MUBI.