이창동 감독 영화 4편 4K 복원 디지털 출시

초록 물고기, 박하사탕, 오아시스, 시

 

설경구 주연 '박하사탕(Peppermint Candy, 1999)' 

 

이창동(Lee Chang-dong) 감독의 '초록 물고기'(Green Fish, 1997) '박하사탕'(Peppermint Candy, 1999), '오아시스'(Oasis, 2002), '시'(Poetry, 2010)가 4K(*4000픽셀의 고화질 해상도)로 복원되어 Film Movemen의 디지털 플랫폼에서 제공된다.

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1954년 대구에서 태어난 이창동 감독은 경북대 사대 국어교육과 졸업 후 신일고교 교사로 재직했다. 1983년 동아일보 신춘문예에 소설 '전리'가 당선되며 등단했으며, 1992년 '녹천에는 똥이 많다'로 한국일보 창작문학상을 수상했다. 1993년 박광수 감독의 '그섬에 가고 싶다'의 시나리오 작가 겸 조연출을 맡으며 영화계에 입문했다.

 

1995년 박광수 감독의 '아름다운 청년 전태일'로 백상예술대상 각본상을 받았다. 1997년 자작 시나리오 '초록 물고기'로 감독 데뷔한 후 '박하사탕'(1999), '오아시스'(2002), '밀양'(2007), '시'(2010), '버닝'(2018)을 연출하면서 제작자로도 일해왔다. '박하사탕'은 대종상 작품, 감독, 각본상, '오아시스'는 베니스영화제 감독상, '밀양'으로 칸영화제 각본상을 수상했다. 제 40대 문화관광부 장관(2003-2004)을 지내기도 했다.

 

2024년 4월 맨해튼 로어이스트사이드의 메트로그래프 시어터(Metrograph Theatre)에서 이창동 감독 회고전 'Novel Encounters: the Films of Lee Chang-dong'이 열렸다. 

 

*뉴욕 메트로그래프시어터 이창동 감독 회고전 'Novel Encounters: the Films of Lee Chang-dong', 2024

https://www.nyculturebeat.com/index.php?mid=Film2&page=2&document_srl=4116083

 

*하루키 원작, 이창동 걸작 '버닝(Burning)' ★★★★☆

https://www.nyculturebeat.com/index.php?mid=Film2&document_srl=3743565

 

 

On 8/30, Film Movement Classics Delivers Four New 4K Restorations from Lee Chang-dong to Digital Outlets: GREEN FISH, PEPPERMINT CANDY, OASIS & POETRY

 

After his debut as a novelist in 1983, and his early forays as a screenwriter and assistant director, Lee Chang-dong made his directing debut with GREEN FISH in 1996 and quickly became one of Korea’s most talented auteurs, taking his place alongside Bong Joon-ho, Park Chan Wook, Kim Ki-duk and others as one of the leaders of Korean New Wave cinema. With dark stories of innocence lost, suffering, alienation, tragedy, psychological trauma and doomed romances and intricately woven narratives focusing on complex characters from the corners of society, Lee has earned himself a place among the world’s most accomplished storytellers.  

 

To celebrate Lee’s cinematic achievements, Film Movement will release MNnew 4k digital restorations of his first three award-winning dramas – GREEN FISH, PEPPERMINT CANDY and OASIS, along with 2010’s POETRY, which captured the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury -- Special Mention and Best Screenplay at Cannes. The Film Movement Classics Blu-ray set will be packed with extras, and be released in Summer 2024, following theatrical screenings of the new restorations in select theaters in North America this Spring. 

 

 

초록 물고기 GREEN FISH (1996)

After his mandatory military service, naïve young Makdong (Han Suk-kyu), returns home to an Ilsan he no longer recognizes – a dull city that has rapidly modernized and gentrified in his absence. When he crosses paths with a young woman being harassed at a train station, his life takes an unexpected turn when he is lured into the underworld of criminal gangs, with the promise of material comfort beyond his imagination. Unprepared for this environment of violence and exploitation, Mak-dong must face the dire consequences of his choices.

 

GREEN FISH captured the Best Film and Best New Director Awards from the Korean Film Critics Association and at the Blue Dragon Awards, and garnered acclaim at festivals the world over. John Fidler of Senses of Cinema said, “Lee Chang-dong’s wrenching, tonally nuanced first film…packs a quiet wallop” and Martin Sandison of Eastern Kicks penned, “A strong narrative drive, powerful visuals and a mind-blowing central performance make Green Fish a superb watch.”

 

 

박하사탕 PEPPERMINT CANDY (1999)

A powerful work of Korean New Wave cinema and Lee’s second directorial feature, PEPPERMINT CANDY spans 20 years in the life of one man, Yongho, from his callow teens through his fraught, self-hating middle age. Presented in seven chapters in reverse-chronological order, the film begins with Yongho’s untimely suicide and ends with a first date full of the promise and verve of youth. The moments in between these events as seen through lens of Yongho’s life observe South Korea’s fraught political history during of late 20th century, and in turn elegize a generation of marginalized people with “a quiet, heartbreaking power...,” (A.O. Scott, The New York Times).

 

An Official Selection of the Director’s Fortnight in Cannes, and numerous other notable fests, it won the Special Prize of the Jury at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and also garnered critical acclaim from film critics such as Elizabeth Kerr of The Hollywood Reporter who said, “Peppermint Candy laid the groundwork for the polished, more covertly political dramas about marginalized Koreans — be it by age, ability or affluence — that cemented Lee’s auteur label a few years later: Oasis, Secret Sunshine and Poetry."

 

 

오아시스 OASIS (2002)

After serving time for killing a man in a hit-and-run car accident, Hong Jong-du (Sul Kyung-gu) is released with no money and nowhere to go. His family has abandoned him, and while trying to make amends, he meets Han Gong-ju (Moon So-ri), his victim's adult daughter. She is wheelchair-bound due to cerebral palsy and all but abandoned in a cheap apartment by her callous family. Gong-ju's innate tenderness appeals to the uncontrollably impulsive Jong-du, and the pair begin an improbable relationship.

 

Winner of the Silver Lion for Best Director and Best Young Actress at the Venice Film Festival, along with the FIPRESCI Prize and nominated for Best Film at the Independent Spirit Awards, OASIS continued Lee’s international ascent. A New York Times’ Critic’s Pick, Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said that OASIS is “a brave film in the way it shows two people who find any relationship almost impossible, and yet find a way to make theirs work”.and G. Allen Johnson of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote “Lee's humanitarian plea for tolerance is one of the most original films of the decade.”

 

 

시 POETRY (2010)

Winner of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Special Mention and Best Screenplay at Cannes, POETRY, a New York Times Critics’ Pick, POETRY was called “an extraordinary vision of human empathy…[A] tour de force....” by the Times Manohla Dargis, “exquisite” by Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly and “a masterpiece” by Andrew O'Hehir of Salon. In this powerful drama, Korean grandmother Mija comes to terms with the early onset of Alzheimer's while dealing with the fallout from a brutal family crime. Her teenage grandson is linked to the violent death of a girl, and she finds herself caught up in a conspiracy to pay hush money to the dead girl's family. Mija's tendency to become lost in poetry, and the wonders of nature, causes her mind to wander at the wrong time, with unfortunate consequences. 

 

About Film Movement

Founded in 2002, Film Movement is a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. It has released more than 250 feature films and shorts culled from prestigious film festivals worldwide. Film Movement’s theatrical releases include American independent films, documentaries, and foreign art house titles. Its catalog includes titles by directors such as Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Lee Isaac Chung, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Maren Ade, Jessica Hausner, Andrei Konchalovsky, Andrzej Wajda, Ciro Guerra and Melanie Laurent. In 2015, Film Movement launched its reissue label Film Movement Classics, featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on Blu-ray and DVD, including films by such noted directors as Ang Lee, Eric Rohmer, Luchino Visconti, Stanley Kwan, Peter Greenaway, Bille August, Marleen Gorris, Takeshi Kitano, Arturo Ripstein, King Hu and Sergio Corbucci. For more information, please visit www.filmmovement.com. Visit www.filmmovementplus.com for more information about Film Movement Plus, the critically-lauded subscription streaming service that recently launched as a channel on Amazon Prime Video.