Interview (2000 film)

Interview
File:Interview (2000) poster by Cine 2000 and Cinema Service.jpg South Korean theatrical poster
Directed by	Daniel H. Byun (uncredited; under Dogme rules)
Produced by	Mi-yeong Lee Seung-jae Lee
Written by	Daniel H. Byun Jin-wan Jeong Yong-kook Kwon Hyeon-ri Oh
Starring	Lee Jung-jae Shim Eun-ha
Cinematography	Kim Hyung-koo
Edited by	Sang-beom Kim
Production company	Cine 2000
Distributed by	Cinema Service
Release date	April 1, 2000
Running time	107 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

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Interview (Korean: 인터뷰; RR: Inteobyu) is a 2000 South Korean romantic drama film directed and co-written by La Femis-graduate and academic Daniel H. Byun. As of 2005, it is the first and only Asian feature-length film ever produced to follow Danish's avant-garde movement Dogme 95, and the seventh film officially produced in Dogme (known as Dogme #7 - Interview).

This was Byun's feature-length directorial debut and Eun-ha's last feature-length film before the latter's retirement in the same year.

Plot

The story is about Eun-seok (Lee Jung-jae), who is pretending to make a documentary about love after becoming involved with a young woman, Young-hee (Shim Eun-ha), who works as a beauty assistant, found in a tape filmed by Seok's assistant director Min-su (Kim Jung-hyun). Young-hee tells the story of her boyfriend who went to her bag. Eun-seok, who pays attention to Young-hee, continues to capture her on camera. Young-hee rejects Eun-seok's request to take a picture of her hairdresser, but she allows him to accompany her to visit her boyfriend instead. However, returning from a short trip, Eun-seok runs down the Han River as if desperate for something. The film then moves to Paris one year before the interview. Eun-seok, who later became a film student, receives a request to film a rehearsal for a Korean dancer's performance, and captures the passionate dance of two men and women on his camera.

Cast

• Lee Jung-jae as Eun-seok
• Shim Eun-ha as Lee Young-hee
• Cho Jae-hyun as Byung-kwon
• Kim Jung-hyun as Min-soo

Kwon Min-joong, Yang Eun-yong, Cho Sang-mi, and Kim Yoon-ah as themselves

Dogme 95

As of 2006, out of the thirty-four films produced, only a few were produced in the USA and European countries using the Dogme 95 movement before its dissolution in 2005; Interview was released on April 1, 2000, being the first and to date only Asian, as well as the first South Korean film ever using the movement, also being the seventh Dogme film, which were complimented by Thomas Vinterberg and Lars von Trier, although it was severely criticized and failed to gain popularity with local audiences due to its cryptic development of the story.

Reception

Derek Elley of Variety, who gave a mixed review of this film, said: "A decent movie lies at the heart of the romantic drama "Interview," an over-long feature debut by Daniel H. Byun that suffers from a bad case of first-film-itis. Attempting to cram in everything except the Meaning of Life, Byun alienates the viewer from the film's undoubted strengths and emphasizes its pretentious weaknesses. Unfortunately, the film is being marketed internationally in a discursive two-hour-plus version, which is a serious mistake".

See also

• Korean Wave
• This Charming Girl (2004) by Lee Yoon-Ki
• Secret Sunshine (2007) by Lee Chang-dong
• The Housemaid (2010) by Im Sang-soo

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