In the closing moments of Memories of Murder (2003), Detective Park suddenly turns toward the audience and stares straight ahead — as if searching for someone watching. Bong Joon Ho added that shot with a haunting thought in mind: maybe the real killer would eventually see the film, and for one brief second, the movie could stare back at him. Years later, that idea stopped feeling theoretical. In 2019, DNA testing finally linked Lee Choon-jae to the Hwaseong murders. When investigators questione