The Read
The corridor fight is one take and took seventeen attempts over three days. The film is better known for its ending than its construction, which is backwards: the plotting is airtight. Choi Min-sik ate four live octopuses.
The Venue
Metrograph
7 Ludlow St
A two-screen cinema that opened on Ludlow Street in 2016 around rare archival prints and premieres, with a restaurant modeled on the commissaries of the old Hollywood studios.
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Also playing
The same booking at Metrograph, 3 dates in all.
- Sat Oct 17
- Fri Oct 23
- Sun Oct 25 · this one
Nearby After This
Somewhere close by, only when the timing actually works.
Shape The Night
Before
Wu's Wonton KingLarge round tables under bright light on East Broadway, doing Cantonese roast meats, Peking duck and whole fried crab. The roast suckling pig has to be ordered ahead. There is no corkage at all, so people carry their own bottles in. It took over the old Wing Shoon storefront in 2016.
6:15 PM · Oldboy
After
ClandestinoA bar on the block where the Lower East Side runs into Chinatown, open until four in the morning seven days a week. Laure Travers runs it and the music leans away from whatever is on down the street. There is pâté and a few snacks if you want something with the drink.