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- Movie: Sund@y Seoul
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- Director: Myung-Hoon Oh
- Writer: Myung-Hoon Oh, Seung-Moo Le
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- Release Date: 2005
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- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
“Sund@y Seoul” delves into an aspect of how the medium that is the internet constructs and dismantles people’s lives. Dong-chun, Eun-young, Myung-joo, Shin-ae, Jung-hwan, Soo-hee, Jee-wook, and Hae-mee – they are characters of various ages whose lives gradually intertwine in the large city of Seoul, revealing their hidden desires and anxieties. College professor, Dong-Chun, sets up a hidden camera in a motel room in a desperate attempt to keep going his secret love affair with his student, Eun-young. Ordinary middle-age housewife, Myung-joo, takes a stab at making a sexual breakaway through antisocial and free-spirited Shin-ae. High-school student, Jung-hwan, falls in love with a call girl named Soo-hee. By chance, he also meets Myung-joo while chatting on line. Soo-hee makes love regularly to Jee-wook, a married cop who she met when she was caught in his sting. Junior-high student, Hae-mee, has a puppy love for Jung-hwan so she follows Soo-hee and secretly takes pictures of her. These characters are like sensationalistic stories found in cheap tabloids – “Sund@y Seoul” peers into their lives objectively.
Directors Notes
“Sunday Seoul” was the name of a weekly magazine that was discontinued in the mid-80s. It carried all sorts of stories hidden in the society of the time, with a slight sensationalistic twist. They were usually articles regarding the love affairs between men and women, and the various episodes that arose from them. The magazine was mainly for entertainment and the events were reported from an ordinary viewpoint.
This movie is based on articles that would be in such types of tabloids in the present day. The stories in the film are a bit absurd but they are actually happening around us nonetheless.
However, I didn’t approach these articles lightly. The people inside these articles are living the same type of lives that we are. I tried to avoid the drama that occurs from their relationships. Instead, I approached these stories from a contemplative perspective and tried to maintain a minimalist style.
I especially wanted to subtly bring out the negative aspect of the methods of modern day communication that we’ve entrusted even our existence to, such as that necessary evil, the mass medium, the internet.
