Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode (Stoker, 2013)
Cakes are a staple of
Park Chan-Wook's films. The tantalising Baker's Shop in Lady
Vengeance reflects the delicious intricacies of the titular
Lady's plan, and the dazzling white cake symbolises a purity she is
desperate to regain. In Thirst, a fat patient regales us with
a tale of generosity, of how he gave up his cake to a starving mother
and daughter, foreshadowing his charity of blood later in the film.
At the beginning of Stoker, the cake is a birthday cake, and
it's candles are choked out as the life of Mr. Stoker ends, and the
innocent of another is snuffed.
