Night Fishing (Original Korean title: 파란만장; Paranmanjang, lit. "Ups and Downs." or "A Checkered Past") is a 2011 South Korean fantasy-horror short film directed, produced, written by PARKing CHANce (brand name of the brothers, Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-kyong).[1][2]
| Night Fishing | |
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| Directed by | Park Chan-wook Park Chan-kyong |
| Written by | Park Chan-wook Park Chan-kyong |
| Produced by | Park Chan-wook Park Chan-kyong |
| Starring | Oh Kwang-rok Lee Jung-hyun |
| Edited by | Park Chan-wook Park Chan-kyong |
| Music by | Jang Young-kyoo |
Production company | Moho Films |
| Distributed by | KT olleh |
Release date |
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Running time | 33 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
It was shot entirely on the Apple iPhone 4, and was financially supported by KT (South Korea's current exclusive distributor of the iPhone), which supplied the duo with 150 million Korean Won (US$133,447). It was screened to over 100 reporters on January 11, 2011, and opened for public release on January 27.
The film won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.[3]
Plot
A man casually sets up for a fishing trip at the waters edge. Evening comes and a tug on his line presents him with the body of a woman. While he tries to disentangle himself from the fishing lines she comes alive. The scene changes and the woman is now a shaman priestess in a funeral ritual for a man who drowned in a river. He speaks through her to his relatives, asking for forgiveness.
Cast
- Oh Kwang-rok as Oh Kee-seok, a fisherman
- Lee Jung-hyun as a female shaman
- Lee Yong-nyeo as mother of Kee-seok
Production
The film was captured entirely using iPhone 4, with the additional extra lenses and otherwise regular filmmaking equipment.[4][5]
References
- ^ Associated Press (Monday 10 January 2011 15.12 GMT). "Oldboy director Park Chan-wook shoots new film on iPhone". The Guardian.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Jaeyeon Woo (January 10, 2011). "A Novel Way of Using iPhone 4: Filmmaking". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "The Awards / Die Preise" (PDF). Berlinale.de. Berlin International Film Festival. 2011-02-19. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
- ^ Jean Noh (January 11, 2011). "Park Chan-wook collaborates on iPhone short to get theatrical launch". Screen Daily.
- ^ Jaeyeon Woo (2011-01-10). "A Novel Way of Using iPhone 4: Filmmaking". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
External links
- Night Fishing at IMDb
- Night Fishing at HanCinema
- Cine 21 (Korean)