Office (2015)
From now on whenever someone asks me whether I prefer the
British or American Office, I’ll
answer, “The Korean.”
Hong Won-chan’s Office
is a movie holding a massive beef with corporate culture. Before the title card
we get a deliberate pairing of scenes: a mentally shattered office manager
going home for the evening and murdering his family, followed by a temp worker
breathlessly sprinting to work the next morning to check in on time. That’s Office’s thesis statement: fear for your
job is stronger than fear for your life.
