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Animals WERE Harmed In The Making Of This Film

With all the talk about octopuses this week around BPP HQ, I thought back to a striking scene from one of my favorite films, Oldboy, part of Park Chan-wook's revenge trilogy. I recommended Oldboy to my parents, and after watching it they no longer watch anything I tell them to, maybe because of the violence, probably because of the octopus scene. If you are at all squeamish, be done with this post and head elsewhere. Otherwise, proceed.

Here's the scene:

It seemed so real, but I always wondered if he really ate a live octopus. Turns out he did. If the above clip made you squirm, this one will have you wishing you had eight arms with which to cover your eyes.

Ian Chillag

11:31 AM ET | 07-11-2008 | permalink

Comments

I loved Oldboy, but had forgotten about the octopus scene until you mentioned it.

Sent by Jordan Running | 3:33 PM ET | 07-11-2008

Absolutely loved the film, we're Park fans too.

Sent by 1minutefilmreview.blogspot.com | 12:36 PM ET | 07-14-2008

In a rare moment of maturity, I did NOT hit play on those clips!

Sent by Mike | 5:28 PM ET | 07-22-2008

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