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World Premiere Romance Joe

Korean Cinema Today

Social Criticism · Psychology · Irony

  • CountryKorea
  • Production Year2011
  • Running Time115min
  • FormatD-Cinema
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
2011 ACF Post-production Fund This is, in a way, a comprehensive anti-narrative film. The storylines are monumentally complex. Although the director was assistant director to Hong Sang-soo on [Tale of Cinema] and [Hahaha], his work seems even more disjointed, even more abstract, than his teacher’s. But still the director asks, “Why do we need a story? What would happen if there were no story?” Is this dissolution or experimentation of narrative? It is severe irony. Befitting to a former assistant director to Hong Sang-soo, traces of Hong Sang-soo can be found throughout the film. The fact that this is also a meta-film about filmmaking about a once famous film director is also one of them. What’s more, the same actors appear in other episodes with no restrictions. The actor who plays the director looks just like Kim Sang-kyung. He has a similar image but the color and the tone of his voice are almost identical to those of Kim. The various episodes are independent yet have small or major connections. The mischievous way in which he intentionally reminds the viewer about our realities is also just like Hong Sang-soo. Even so, the film doesn’t really come across like ‘an imitation of Hong Sang-soo’. How on earth is that possible? (JEON Chanil)
Director
Director
LEE Kwang-kuk 
Born in 1975, Lee Kwang-kuk graduated from Seoul Art University with a degree in Cinema. He made short films such as [I.D. Renewal](2000), [Where Are You, Dad?](2003), and [House at a Dead End]. He worked as Assistant Director for the director Hong Sang-soo on [Tale of Cinema], [Woman on the Beach], [Like You Know It All] and [Hahaha]. [Romance Joe] was selected for 2010 Cine 21 New Director’s First Project fund.
Credit
  • Director
    LEE Kwang-kuk 
  • ProducerSoon-rye YIM
  • CastKIM Young pil
    SHIN Dong-mi
    LEE Chai-eun
    David LEE
  • CinematographyJEE Yune jeong
  • EditorSON Yeon ji
  • MusicPARK Jin seok
  • Production CompanyBORI PICTURES
    moomoo@cine21.com
  • World SalesM-Line Distribution
    sales@mline-distribution.com
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