Genre• Oldboy is a hybrid of:• Action• Romance• Comedy• Horror• Thriller• Detective Noir• Surrealism• Although it follows many genres, in true New Wave

style it breaks away from the traditional formula and does not fulfil our expectations.

Expreimental

• Oldboy breaks the verisimillitude used by mainstream filmmaking.

• Many techniques used attract attention to themselves and constantly remind the audience that they are watching an artificial construct.

• These techniques are spread throughout the film.

Jump Cuts

Long Takes

Minimal/Creative use of CGI

Camera Movement

Excessive use of colour

Split Screen

Extreme Close-ups

Identity

Identity and New Waves

• A recurring trait of new wave and art films is to have complex characters who do not easily fit into simple stereotypes and stock characters.

• Characters can often be seen to be suffering from loss, loneliness and longing.

• How has the visual style been used to reinforce the theme if identity and loss, loneliness and longing?