I think he's some sort of Gamma Introvert. The entire point of Oldboy was about how even the most mundane of human interactions can have unforseen, unknowable consequences (Ni), possibly causing someone enough internal pain (Fi) that they may someday retaliate (Se).
I don't like this therefore opposing quadra
What about Oldboy is Fe? The whole plot turns on the axis of a private wound that the antagonist suffered, and how he carried inside of him for decades. Betas are much more "in the moment" with their emotions.
Also, I just saw Stoker the other day. Stars Mia Wasikowska (EII), Nicole Kidman (ESI), written by Wentworth Miller (LIE). If Chan Wook is Fe valuing, he sure knows how to surround himself with the wrong people...
Fi is felt in relation to other people, I believe.
+ Fi- good relations, love, friendship, affection, attraction, warmth in relations, sociability, close psychological distance, goodness, compassion;
− Fi- poor relations, hatred, animosity, antipathy, repulsion, indifference in relations, alienation, unsociability, remote psychological distance, wickedness, mercilessness;
+ Fe- positive emotions, joy, merriment, emotional elation, excitement, a smile, laughter, enthusiasm, optimism, good mood, the experience of happiness;
− Fe- negative emotions, grief, sorrow, sadness, emotional recession, depression, crying, tears, frustration, pessimism, poor mood, the experience of unhappiness;
His line of argument was that someone experiencing "a wound" and living for more than 5 minutes with some sort of pain (albeit suppressed/ repressed) that could compel them to get even after some time is Quadra-related and specifically Fi. But even if he really wanted to associate such a universal human experience with Quadras, I would recommend him to watch movies in Eastwood's "Unforgiven" series.
Besides he hasn't been able to answer why a person fighting for human rights (specifically against racism and oppression) on a broad social level, not only on a personal one is a narcissist and mere "drama". I suppose he got the Nobel Prize for having a cult of personality only. Such a thing can only be uttered by a Fi polr who is striving to understand people according to far-fetched personal dichotomies that can hardly apply to that arena. It's not external manifestations of emotions that he doesn't understand or appreciate, it's intrinsic value (stuff like human dignity etc.).
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