Trip to Korea

Well as some of you might already know i am in Korea, but not for long i'm leaving today. Anyway, i came for a meet and greet. I'm a film major at columbia college and am finishing soon. so i'm looking for a job. I met a man named Man Sung Son and he was impressed with me. so he said he would call a director he knew in Korea to give me an interview while i was there on vacation. The director is Young Woo Chang. He directed dramas like Hotelier, he's filming a new drama and is very busy so i didn't get a chance to meet him. While i had lots of free time i decided to go "looking" around.


One person i wanted to meet was Jeong Doo-hong (정두홍), and i did. He's really cool and a very nice guy. He works hard, i know because i spent a day with him watching him prepare for a new film. He use to be Korea's youngest action director now he's just the best. He was also impressed when he met me, he made a phone call and got me an interview with someone he knew. I got it, but i'll get to that part. Anyway he's really famous here in Korea i really admire his work. He's been in films like: The City of Violence - 짝패, Arahan - 아라한-장풍 대작전 and even makes a cameo in the new Dachimawa Lee - 다찌마와 리


While i was there i also met "Mr." Kim Won Jung. He was the action director for "OldBoy" and he choreagraphed he fight in the hallway with the hammer.





As i said earlier i met Jeong Doo Hong, he made a phone call and got me an interview with Hong Kyong Pyo. You might have seen some of his work he was the cinematographer on films like M - 엠 Taegukgi - 태극기 휘날리며 The Champion - 챔피언. I'm going to be working for him!! He wants me to start next month but i told him i want to finish school first. so he gave me his business card to contact him when i'm done. and i will, he just wants me to work on my Korean for when i come back.

hmmmm....
actually this is my last day in Korea. so i'm going to finish this later, i want to enjoy the it a little longer

다찌마와 리 -- Dachimawa Lee

It's about 11:30pm here in Korea on Aug 17. Anway i just saw 다찌마와 리 and wanted to talk aobut it before i went to sleep. This is Ryoo Seung-Wan's newest film. My Korean speaking abality is rahter low, so most of the jokes went over my head. This film is silly, and kinda confused me at the end, but that's my fault for not knowing Korean. Anyway the film takes place during the 40's, and is suppose to be an omage, to old 60's/70's spy films. The film is dubbed with the actual actor voice to give it that werid slight off sync look. As it goes: Dachimawa Lee is a spy, and his partner gets killed on a solo mission. He then given the assingment to finish the job. While he retrieve his orders he is given a new partner who falls in love with him. When he starts to feel the same way about his new partner he falls head first into his assingment, he actually does. When he get the stolen treasure his partner his partner is killed and he loses all his memories. A woman finds him and takes him in, where he runs into a trobule (someone he met earlier). He then becomes a "one arm swordsmen", only because his arm is in a sling. He regains his memories and finishes his job only to find out that there is a tratior in the organization. That's where things get complicated for me, i don't want to give the film away. I want you to see it for your self. It seems his partner knew about the traitor and had to fake their death.
But it's very funny with Im Won-Hee looking perfect for the part. To me his face looks perfect for a film from the 60's/70's and leading ladies Kong Hyo-Jin and Park Si-Yoen