Saturday, October 17, 2009
Wonder Woman Returns!
Sunday, October 11, 2009
PIFFran
Friday:
"I Come With The Rain" (Josh Hartnett stars in an international psychological-thriller)
"Vegetarian" (about a schizophrenic/anorexic "vegetarian"...as if Vegetarians didn't have a bad enough reputation in Korea!)
"Maybe" (about a Korean-American adoptee who searches for her birth parents)
"Mother"* (beautiful film: half Forrest Gump type comedy and half murder mystery)
Saturday:
"Our Fantastic 21st Century" (depressing film about a Korean girl working at a supermarket)
"Tokyo Taxi"* (Japanese rockstar can't fly to Seoul, so he takes a cab from Tokyo)
"Moscow" (depressing artsy film about reunited best friends)
"Enlightenment Film"* (extremely goood film about 3 generations in a Korean family)
Sunday:
"The Fair Love" (girl in her 20s falls in love with her father's friend)
I also went to the press conference of "The Fair Love", which was dissapointing...It lasted 15 minutes and was filled with blood thirsty photographers who wanted nothing but a good celebrity shot. It was incredible how the photographers worked: They had their cameras hooked up to their laptops, took 10 pictures a second, chose the best one, photoshopped it and emailed it off to their editors in less than 5 minutes. Oh instantaneous technology. What is most incredible is the sound...You can barely hear the people talking over the sound of all the cameras.
Here are some pictures from Saturday, when I actually managed to escape the darkness of the theaters and head to the beach.
During my stroll, I saw Josh Hartnett & his Korean and Japanese co-stars Byung-hun Lee (이병헌) and Takuya Kimura talking to a bunch of screaming fans... This is where I got to flash my press pass and pass through the crowd...Into another crowd of photographers.Thanks PIFF, it was fun. Looks for my film reviews in the November issue of 10!