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One shot in this film holds steady on a car’s left side-view mirror to capture the protagonist sitting inside before the door is opened, and the mirror moves to frame another character standing outside in the snow. For this film, an interrogation between two characters was captured using two cameras both equipped with split-diopter lenses, resulting in a shot where only one is in focus in the foreground, while the other is the only one in focus in the mirror behind them. A shot in this film captures the protagonist’s face from within a (*) phone screen, while another depicts him ascending a cliff face using a motorized winch in a suit while his partner hangs limp on his back. This film blends moments from both a flashback and the present into the same frames to depict two characters climbing a mountain another character had earlier summited while listening to Mahler’s 5th. (10[1])For 10 points, name this 2022 Park Chan-wook film. ■END■

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