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Kim Jee-woon
Kim Jee-woon
South Korean Director
Born: Jul 6, 1964
Been Certain Director Films Made Work
Related authors: Alfred Hitchcock David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
Of course, 'The Last Stand' has a villain who is traveling to the border to fulfill his own desires, but it's more about the main character. The Sheriff putting a stop to this villain and defending his town. 'The Last Stand' is more about protecting something. About protecting a value. Kim Jee-woon
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Obviously, I've made several films in Korea, so I'm very well accustomed and acclimated to Korean filmmaking. Kim Jee-woon
Made Films Several Obviously Well Korea Korean Very Accustomed Filmmaking
I'm someone who has a singular goal in making films: I want to tell a story. There are certain stories that I want to tell. Kim Jee-woon
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Korean films have always been distributed to international audiences as arthouse films. Kim Jee-woon
Films Distributed Always Audiences Korean Been International
I want to work with a wide range of genres because it gives each film a different cinematic energy. Kim Jee-woon
Work Energy Cinematic Range Gives Genres Because Different Want Each Film Wide Wide Range
A lot of people are very interested that a Korean director has made a western. But when I look at the reactions of the audience, I realise the points at which people laugh are the same for a Korean audience and an international audience. Kim Jee-woon
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I want to do science fiction with dark stories. Kim Jee-woon
Science Dark Science Fiction Want Fiction Stories
Overseas directors who want to work in Hollywood, the language barrier is not a problem. With the right talent, any director can be successful. Kim Jee-woon
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In Korea, the director is on top, and the power flows down vertically. On the set, I love to come up with ideas on the spot. But in Hollywood, if I were to come up with a certain idea on set, the idea had to be taken to all these different people who had to agree. Kim Jee-woon
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America is a country that, even with all its flaws, has been able to flourish because there is a certain ideology about fighting for what you believe in. What you choose to believe in - no matter how small or big it is - is what you believe in, and that ideology has made America. Kim Jee-woon
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After my film 'The Tale of Two Sisters,' I received a lot of offers from Hollywood to direct, but because 'A Tale of Two Sisters' was a horror film, I received a lot of horror films. But I wasn't interested in working in the same genre, and the scripts I received for films in different genres were for projects that were near completion. Kim Jee-woon
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The Western is as American as a film can get - there's the discovery of a frontier, the element of a showdown, revenge, and determining the best gunman. There's a certain masculinity to the Western that really appealed to me, and I've always wanted to do a Western in Hollywood. Kim Jee-woon
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I work from opposites to opposites, in a way. It's finding one thing and then doing the other from film to film. So maybe after 'I Saw the Devil,' I might do something like 'I Saw the Angel' or perhaps something warm and happy. Kim Jee-woon
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Lionsgate and Lorenzo di Bonaventura saw my Korean Western-style film, 'The Good, the Bad, the Weird,' and probably felt that I would be right for 'The Last Stand,' which could be classified as a modern Western. Kim Jee-woon
Good Saw Bad Would Would-Be Classified Could Weird Felt Korean Western Modern Which Stand Film Right Last
I never make films thinking 'This is my film. This right here is undoubtedly Kim Jee-Woon style.' I am not even sure what 'Kim Jee-Woon style' is. When I make films, I never allow myself to make hard-set decisions ahead of time. Kim Jee-woon
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I'm not an outgoing person. Compared to an average person, I am quite skeptical and pessimistic. This is different from being nervous. Kim Jee-woon
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Actors are the flowers of the film, of the set, and of the director. The term 'Flowers of the Screen' holds a deep meaning. Kim Jee-woon
Director Term Screen Holds Meaning Deep Film Actor Flowers Set

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