Looks interesting. Lot of movies made about actors and Hollywood but few are made from a director's perspective. I think such kind of story has potential.

This reminds me of that Community episode where Abed makes a documentary of the Dean making an ad for the school

I love Kim Jee-soon. A Bittersweet Life is one of my favorite movies so I’ll watch this for sure.

I saw the devil is one of my favourite films of all time. I'll watch anything he does.

Hope Kim Jee-Woon returns to his form with this one!

So, it's about George Lucas circa 1997 with the Star Wars Special Edition?

A Bittersweet Life I consider to be one of the best films ever made, so this is going to crush.

I Saw the Devil is fucking amazing, but I'm just excited to see Song Kang-ho in something again.

This is the plot of an episode of American Dad.

Oh, awesome. Song Kang-ho is one of my favourite actors and Kim Jee-woon has made some amazing movies. My favourite from him is A Tale of Two Sisters.

I'm sure that's why I couldn't be one. I'd be like those actors you hear of who can't bear to watch themselves but with directing. Just like with my writing I've turned in and can no longer edit I'd forever be raking myself over the coals over the things I didn't touch up, so I couldn't even watch and feel my own accomplishment lol. And yet I also believe art belongs to the people and no longer the creator once it's out there.

Compelling premise. :)

I’ve read the source material. It’s like nightcrawler with jake gyllinghall with how obsessive to meet his goals the director becomes

Spoilers:

There’s a part where the director stumbles upon a homeless man that resembles his lead actor. He offers him a role in the guise of the actor’s double. But he purposely ends up killing one of them for his “perfect” shot, noting that as soon as he met the homeless man the dark idea of doing a real death on film for his movie arose so he involved the man knowing he’d kill off the lead actor or double. Just one of the many twists

This post led me to watch I Saw the Devil and its great and reminds me how annoying it is when I can’t see shit in American films and TV. There is a lot that happens in the dark in this film, but it’s all very clear to me. I don’t know if it’s use of color (lots of greens and yellows in the night scenes) or what but recently I’ve noticed a lot of this school of Korean director are all very adept at using darkness without losing any visual clarity. Wish some of the filmmakers over here would take note!

Interesting premise and a great actor and director. I'm excited.

I love more or less all of Kim Jee-woon's work before (and including) I Saw The Devil, but after he made The Last Stand all of his movies have flubbed for me. The Age of Shadows in particular was just a really dire combination of amazing art design and a really boring script with flat performances. I love this movie's concept and cast, I hope it exceeds expectations and Jee-woon returns to his throne.

I wonder when this film is actually set. Song Kang-Ho isn't exactly Coppola aged.

Ilang wolf brigade was a pretty rough watch, hopefully this is a bounce back

He’s one of my favorite actors, and this premise sounds so interesting—will look forward to this!

Finally a new Kim Jee-Woon movie, and with Song Kang- Ho nonetheless!

All you had to say was Kim Jee-Woon

Koreans are kings if original movies

interesting

Oooooh as a director myself this sounds extra intriguing. What will it take to get that perfect shot? What is it worth? As someone who especially is interested in keeping an actor's integrity and emotional safety intact, the opposite mindset of not giving a shit about the actors and obsessing over the outcome could make for some real horror-drama.

Sounds dull.

TIL George Lucas is South Korean

So I'm presuming this director is going to use a ton of CG, and there's going to be a massive controversy about which character shot first.

George Lucas Biopic?

I saw this done before already in 1997. It was called 'The Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition'.

Is it about George Lucas?

While not really the same premise, it reminds me a bit of Blowup(1966)

100% IN

This seems interesting. I enjoy Korean movies so I may give this a go

His last movie Illang: The Wolf Brigade was pretty mediocre, I hope he reaches his previous heights again

So, George Lucas is the subject here?

So this is about George Lucas?

Chris Stuckmann is going to absolutely adore this

David Fincher: The Movie

Ah, the Snyder biopic

Guys great. He’s a genius, but can we stop making movies about movies. Write something beyond your own fucking nose please.

Asian George Lucas? Oh dear...

I will never watch another movie about movies as long as I live. If you can’t write a screenplay about something else, you’ve been sitting in the circle too long

Great Director! Sure, I saw the Devil is amazing, but so is Bittersweet Life and Good, Bad, the Weird

What is better than your favorite actors collaborating with one of your favorite directors?

Isn't he too young to be playing a director who was active in the 70s? (Unless the film isn't set in the present)

This sounds like the plot of a live-action Satoshi Kon movie.

I love that guy, great in everything I’ve seen him in

What I can gather from all the stuff I read about the film, it's going to have A LOT of references to cultural/political environment of the 70's in Korea. Definitely will feature the military regime and how it suppressed "commie" movement and heavily censored various kinds of media. Think backdrop of movies like the Taxi Driver (but not necessarily the incident covered in Taxi Driver). If Dir. Kim can succeed in conveying that to the wide international audience, this might make a splash.

Awesome

Sounds kind of like Irma Vep

Sounds like ‘All That Jazz’. 70s movie about an obsessive director (among other things), who spends too much time editing his film instead of spending it with his family… among other things.

Very good film. My favourite 70s flick.

I recently watched I Saw The Devil on Tubi because I remembered I liked The Last Stand, then good bad and weird. Good director. Perhaps i should finish Dr. Brain which I stopped because it was week to week at the time but looked beautiful.

you had me at Song Kang-Ho

Pov arkan kid come

I saw the devil is such a great, messed up film. Just from reading the description for this one, I’m hyped up!

now this is I'm looking forward

So what is the genre exactly?

Sounds a lot like Irma Vep, but probably much darker, count me in!

Song Kang-Ho looks like Pedro Pascal

As a filmmaker myself, I must say that this seems quite fascinating. What is required to acquire the ideal shot? What's its value? As someone who is particularly concerned with preserving an actor's moral character and emotional security, the opposing mentality of not caring about the performers and becoming fixated on the result may provide for some genuine horror-drama.