Directed by Jo Beom-gu, Action/Comedy
Grossing over 4 billion won in its first week, this 2011 blockbuster provides an adrenaline-packed rush through the streets of Seoul. In the movie, Han Gi-su (Lee Min-ki), a once-popular playboy in a motorcycle gang, now earns an honest living as an express motorcycle delivery driver.
For an artist, sometimes the creative process is inspired by curiosity, wonderment, awe of their subjects or surroundings. Other times it is fueled by reactions to love, life, pleasure, pain, culture or society.
This month, Groove Korea examines the journeys of two expat visual artists with very different approaches: one an optimist who finds inspiration in observing and embracing the world around him, the other a critic of society who practices no restraint in confronting the issues relevant to himself and his peers.
For an artist, sometimes the creative process is inspired by curiosity, wonderment, awe of their subjects or surroundings. Other times it is fueled by reactions to love, life, pleasure, pain, culture or society.
This month, Groove Korea examines the journeys of two expat visual artists with very different approaches: one an optimist who finds inspiration in observing and embracing the world around him, the other a critic of society who practices no restraint in confronting the issues relevant to himself and his peers.
Having debuted at the 15th Pusan International Film Festival (2010), Min Yong-geun presents a dramatic, heart-wrenching story between childhood sweethearts. Yong-geun takes the risk of using little-known actors to portray this tale. It pays off big time.
Hye-hwa (Yoo Da-in) and Han-soo (Yoo Yeon-seok) were high school sweethearts, deeply in love and thought they were destined to spend their lives together.
Heo Jong-ho makes his directorial debut with a dramatic action flick that pits one man against a supreme deadline, as he must find a donor for his failing liver. Tae Gun-ho (Jeong Jae-yeong) searches through his past to find a contributor. Along the way he must overcome his demons. Tae’s son died years prior and donated his organs to four people. He seeks out those recipients to ask if they will help him with his cause. He’s unsuccessful, as they are spread across the globe or are otherwise unable to donate.
He has 10 days to find a donor or he’s a dead man.
One artist in Seoul has a mission: to create a community where expats and Koreans can express themselves through visual art.
A designer is reinvigorating the artistic spirit through quality work “in a world where big brands are killing the idea of creation and art,” he says. Focusing on the developmental process with minimalistic influences, Sven Schelwach creates pieces durable in stature, materialistically pure, and possessing innovative twists.
