rubie Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 July 15, 2010 Choi Min-sik: "I am the devil in human skin" View streaming interview HERE Source: news.nate.com Source: news.nate.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubie Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share Posted July 19, 2010 Thanks to the highlight at PlanetBH0712, clip uploaded by mayurin8815 It's so cool to see a fun, lighthearted moment between LBH and CMS. The last bit of face-to-face confrontation that CMS suddenly acted like he wanted to smooch BH *priceless* Mnet Wide News 'I Saw the Devil' Poster Photoshoot BTS STREAMING http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV4y-DJ4BU0 Lee Byung Hun and Choi Min Sik virtuoso performance! Download VOD Source: http://www.innolife.tv/index.php Also, thanks to veve111 for the 'I Saw the Devil' interview on MBC clip upload http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7MXD5D7S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubie Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 Thanks to ylin at EverythingLBH for these ^^ Latest Poster from ISTD Official Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubie Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 Thanks to veve111 at EverythingLBH-soompi.com for the filming BTS clip STREAMING http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEXK4M-q_Mw Latest info at movie.daum.net, OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE AUGUST 11 If I'm not mistaken.. I think the official release of the movie is now August 11 (anyone with more info?). So.. these upcoming weeks we'll have lots of 'I Saw the Devil' promos, interviews, press conferences and premieres. Hope everyone can join with posting & sharing updates, etc. Merci! Feel free to use the simple banners and let's share more, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubie Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 July 21, 2010 Lee Byung-hun pic "I Saw The Devil" to open August 11 Reporter: Lynn Kim Official movie poster for "I Saw The Devil" [showbox] Official posters for film "I Saw The Devil" has been unveiled as the pic gears up for its summer box office debut next month. Film's distributor Showbox announced in a press release on Wednesday that the Lee Byung-hun starrer will hit local theaters on August 11 and released two official movie posters featuring Lee and Choi Min-sik. With two of the country's top actors in the lead roles, the thriller pic is being lauded as one of the year's most anticipated movies. "Devil" is helmed by noted filmmaker Kim Ji-woon, who has directed both actors in his previous films; Choi in "The Quiet Family" (1998), and Lee in "A Bittersweet Life" (2005) and "The Good, The Bad, The Weird "(2008). Lee, 40, has long been considered one of the most popular actors in Korea with dozens of television dramas and films under his belt. The actor enjoyed a particularly successful year in 2009, making his Hollywood debut in action flick "GI Joe" and co-starring with Josh Hartnett and Takuya Kimura in the film "I Come With The Rain." Choi, 48, has starred in numerous films, most notably "Swiri" (1999), "Oldboy" (2003) and "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" (2005). Reporter: Lynn Kim lynn2878 @ <Ⓒ 10Asia All rights reserved> 10Asia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubie Posted July 23, 2010 Author Share Posted July 23, 2010 July 23, 2010 Revenge: Choi Min Sik and Lee Byung Hun, battle of insanity Source: news.nate.com I Saw a Devil will be released on August 11 July 23, 2010 Seoul, Korea – The movie I Saw a Devil, starring Lee Byung Hun and Choi Min Sik, will be released on August 11. I Saw a Devil tells the story of a showdown between a psychopathic serial killer, Jung Kyung Chul (played by Choi Min Sik), and a secret agent, Soo Hyun (played by Lee Byung Hun), who lost his fiancée because of Jung Kyung Chul and decides to get revenge. This is Lee Byung Hun’s third project with director Kim Ji Woon after A Bittersweet Life (2005) and The Good, The Bad, The Weird (2008). The production company has released two official posters featuring the confrontation between the two men. I Saw a Devil was sold in advance to an international film distributor in the Cannes Film Market. Source: JTN (Original article in Korean) Photo from JTN DB Translated by Sarah Lee / Korea.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubie Posted July 24, 2010 Author Share Posted July 24, 2010 July 23, 2010 I Saw the Devil release on August 11 Director KIM Ji-woon’s highly anticipated new thriller I Saw the Devil has its summer release date set for August 11, as announced by the film’s distributor Showbox. KIM’s return to the noir-thriller style of his 2005 hit A Bittersweet Life stars top actor LEE Byeong-heon and leading thespian CHOI Min-sik (Old Boy). Both actors have worked with KIM in previous films, LEE playing the villain in The Good, The Bad, The Weird (2008) and the embattled hero of A Bittersweet Life, while CHOI starred in KIM’s debut feature A Quiet Family (1998). I Saw the Devil also marks CHOI’s first return to mainstream filmmaking since his portrayal of a vicious killer in 2005’s Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. The new film has CHOI reprising the role of an extreme psychopath, who, when he makes the daughter of a retired police his latest victim, is tracked down by her fiancé, played by LEE, a secret agent whose scheme of vengeance is equally gruesome. The film’s international sales rep FineCut has already made a slew of pre-sales deals including to the UK, France, Taiwan and Turkey. Source: Nigel D’Sa (KOFIC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubie Posted July 25, 2010 Author Share Posted July 25, 2010 KJW-CMS-LBH interview with Japanese subs // VOD from innolife.net Download clip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubie Posted July 25, 2010 Author Share Posted July 25, 2010 I SAW THE DEVIL Cast & Character Thanks to the fan highlight at GBW cafe.daum 6090 Original, larger capture here Original, larger capture here Original, larger capture here Original, larger capture here Original, larger capture here Original, larger capture here Original, larger capture here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubie Posted July 26, 2010 Author Share Posted July 26, 2010 26 July 2010 I Saw the Tale of Bittersweet Life Devil Posted By: Jaccstev di // movie-cafe.com South Korean director Kim Ji-woon has an impressive record of successfully tackling a wide range of film genres, acquiring a cult following among Asian films fans all over the world. Started out directing theater, Kim is growing significantly both as a director and a visual stylist as confirmed by two of his most popular films: the intelligent psychological horror “A Tale of Two Sisters” and the noir-inflected “A Bittersweet Life”, both of which were received as critical and commercial successes. Kim is truly built a career that any director would envy. His storytelling ability is crisp, engrossing and often breathtaking, while his camera technique is as fluid as it is stylish. His latest film "The Good, the Bad, the Weird", which covers a sub-genre of Western films popularly known as “spaghetti westerns,” that was uncommon in Korean cinema, was also successful enough to spawned its own genre the 'Kimchi Western' and ranked number 2 at the Korean box office in 2008. As sleekly as a director like Kim can move around inside different genres—he can deliver tightly edited horror and action set-pieces with the best of them. And this year, we will witnessing how this favorite filmmaker sliding into dark crime thriller “I Saw the Devil” and he's brought two of the nation's biggest and most recognizable stars, Lee Byung-Hyun (A Bittersweet Life) and Choi Min-Sik (Oldboy), along for the crazy ride. Lee, 40, has long been considered one of the most popular actors in Korea with dozens of television dramas and films under his belt. He is most famous for acting in Park Chan-wook's “Joint Security Area”, Kim's “A Bittersweet Life”, and enjoyed a particularly successful year in 2009, making his Hollywood debut in action flick "G.I. Joe" and co-starring with Josh Hartnett and Takuya Kimura in the film "I Come With The Rain". Meanwhile Choi, 48, has starred in numerous films, most notably "Shiri" (1999), "Oldboy" (2003) and "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" (2005). Along with Song Kang-Ho (The Host, Thirst), he is one of the premiere Korean actors both domestically and on the global scene. This film is Choi's first major role since returning from a self imposed exile begun in protest over changes to the Korean screen quota system and marks the duo's first time working together. Lee and Kim, however, go back now over several films and their collaborations have always been stellar. So, the combination alone already look so great, and “I Saw the Devil” looks like it could be a good one... maybe even a lot more than that. Kyung-chul (Choi) is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. The police have pursued him for a long time, but have been unable to catch him. One day, Joo-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief becomes his prey and she is found dead in a horrific state. Her fiance, Dae-hoon (Lee), a top secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take bloody vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself to get this inhumane killer. # The original Korean title “Ayeoldae” (아열대) translates as “Subtropical Night” but the film has since been rechristened as “I Saw The Devil”, an appropriate choice as it stars Choi as a sadistic serial killer and Lee as a driven lawman who turns every bit as nasty while hunting Choi down after he kills Lee's fiance. # Kim was set to helm the Hollywood remake of French heist pic "Max et les ferrailleurs" next, but has turned his attention to "Devil" due to production delays on the U.S. pic. # Choi Min-Sik & director Kim Ji-woon previously worked together in the 1998 black-comedy film "The Quiet Family," while Lee Byung-Hun & Kim previously worked together in “A Bittersweet Life” and the 2008 action film "The Good, The Bad, The Weird." Release date in South Korea: 2010/08/11 Posted By: Jaccstev di // movie-cafe.com Anyone likes these resized banner, please feel free to use -- simply use the link as it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lOveKorea Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 I can't wait for the movie to be released. Wonder if they will release it on the same day or week in Turkey too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubie Posted July 27, 2010 Author Share Posted July 27, 2010 Thanks to the highlight by ylin at EverythingLBH Another two behind the scene and interview for "I Saw the Devil" http://news.sbs.co.kr/section_news/news_read.jsp?news_id=N1000775013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubie Posted July 28, 2010 Author Share Posted July 28, 2010 TIFF TALK TIFF announces 50 films starring awesome famous people who might come to Toronto Today’s edition of TIFF celebrity stalking is a little meatier, as co-directors Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey announced 50 films (15 galas, 35 special presentations, including 25 world premieres) and the whackitude of celebrities associated with them. We’ve got two Friends (Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer), the Gilmore Girls (Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel), the Mad Men man himself (Jon Hamm), Office favourite Rainn Wilson, the ever-intriguing Winona Ryder, plus Robert Redford, Woody Allen, Helen Mirren, Natalie Portman, Javier Bardem and more. This year might just top 2009’s Oprah-Clooney juggernaut appearances. Too lazy to go through the list? The lowdown, after the jump. Screen legends: Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Spacey, Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, Gerard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve, Nicole Kidman, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Woody Allen, Stanley Tucci, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robert De Niro Hot hunks: Ryan Phillippe, Ben Affleck, Jon Hamm, James McAvoy, Jeremy Renner, Michael C. Hall, Colin Firth, Guy Pearce, Sam Worthington, Andrew Garfield, Sam Rockwell, Aaron Eckhart, Javier Bardem, Antonio Banderas, Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling, Penn Badgley, Keanu Reeves, Edward Norton, Ryan Reynolds Cool chicks: Malin Akerman, Natalie Portman, Winona Ryder, Robin Wright, Evan Rachel Wood, Mila Kunis, Blake Lively, Brittany Snow, Elisabeth Shue, Marion Cottillard, Keira Knightley, Hilary Swank, Juliette Lewis, Minnie Driver, Sandra Oh, Freida Pinto, Michelle Williams, Lisa Kudrow, Amanda Bynes, Vera Farmiga Fan favourites: Rainn Wilson, Helena Bonham Carter, Zach Galifanakis, Sarah Silverman Galas Casino Jack (Canada) Director: George Hickenlooper Starring: Kevin Spacey, Rachelle Lefevre, Jon Lovitz, Yannick Bisson The Bang Bang Club (Canada/South Africa) Director: Steven Silver Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman, Taylor Kitsch Barney’s Version (Canada/Italy) Director: Richard J. Lewis Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Minnie Driver, Rachelle Lefevre, Scott Speedman Black Swan (U.S.) Director: Darren Aronofsky Starring: Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Winona Ryder The Conspirator (U.S.) Director: Robert Redford Starring: James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Kevin Kline, Tom Wilkinson, Evan Rachel Wood, Justin Long, Alexis Bledel Janie Jones (U.S.) Director: David M. Rosenthal Starring: Abigail Breslin, Elisabeth Shue, Brittany Snow Peep World (U.S.) Director: Barry Blaustein Starring: Michael C. Hall, Rainn Wilson, Taraji P. Henson, Sarah Silverman The Town (U.S.) Director: Ben Affleck Starring: Blake Lively, Jon Hamm, Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner The Way (U.S.) Director: Emilio Estevez Starring: Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Deborah Kara Unger The Debt (U.K.) Director: John Madden Starring: Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Tom Wilkinson The King’s Speech (U.K.) Director: Tom Hooper Starring: Guy Pearce, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth West Is West (U.K.) Director: Andy DeEmmony Starring: Om Puri Vanessa Hehir, Jim Mistry Little White Lies (France) Director: Guillaume Canet Starring: Marion Cottillard, Francois Cluzet, Gilles Lellouche Potiche (France) Director: Francois Ozon Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve The Housemaid (South Korea) Director: San-soo Im Starring: Do-yeon Jeon, Jung-Jae Lee Special Presentations Another Year (U.K.) Director: Mike Leigh Starring: Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville Brighton Rock (U.K.) Director: Rowan Joffe Starring: Helen Mirren, John Hurt, Sam Riley The Illusionist (U.K.) Director: Sylvain Chomet Starring: Jean-Claude Donda, Edith Rankin Made in Dagenham (U.K.) Director: Nigel Cole Starring: Rosamund Pike, Miranda Richardson, Bob Hoskins Never Let Me Go (U.K.) Director: Mark Romanek Starring: Carey Milligan, Andrew Garfield, Keira Knightley Submarine (U.K.) Director: Richard Ayoade Starring: Sally Hawkins, Paddy Considine Tamara Drewe (U.K.) Director: Stephen Frears Starring: Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam The Trip (U.K.) Director: Michael Winterbottom Starring: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (U.S./U.K./Spain) Director: Woody Allen Starring: Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Freida Pinto Beginners (U.S.) Director: Mike Mills Starring: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Melanie Laurent Blue Valentine (U.S.) Director: Derek Cianfrance Starring: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams Conviction (U.S.) Director: Tony Goldwyn Starring: Sam Rockwell, Hilary Swank, Minnie Driver, Juliette Lewis, Peter Gallagher Easy A (U.S.) Director: Will Gluck Starring: Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Stanley Tucci, Lisa Kudrow, Patricia Clarkson, Penn Badgley Henry’s Crime (U.S.) Director: Malcolm Venville Starring: Keanu Reeves, Judy Greer, Vera Farmiga Jack Goes Boating (U.S.) Director: Philip Seymour Hoffman Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan It’s Kind of a Funny Story (U.S.) Director: Ryan Fleck and Anna Bowen Starring: Zach Galifanakis, Emma Roberts, Lauren Graham Rabbit Hole (U.S.) Director: John Cameron Mitchell Starring: Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Sandra Oh Stone (U.S.) Director: John Curran Starring: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich Trust (U.S.) Director: David Schwimmer Starring: Clive Owen, Catherine Keener Miral (U.K./France/Israel) Director: Julian Schnabel Starring: Willem Dafoe, Freida Pinto, Vanessa Redgrave The Big Picture (France) Director: Eric Lartigau Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Branka Katic Love Crime (France) Director: Alain Corneau Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Ludvine Sagnier Yves Saint Laurent – L’Amour Fou (France) Director: Pierre Thoretton Starring: Yves Saint-Laurent (archival footage), Pierre Berge A Screaming Man (France/Belgium/Chad) Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Starring: Emile Abossolo M’bo, Youssouf Djaoro Outside the Law (France/Algeria/Tunisia/Italy/Belgium) Director: Rachid Bouchareb Starring: Jamel Debbouze, Sami Bouajila In a Better World (Denmark/Sweden) Director: Susanne Bier Starring: Ulrich Thomsen, Mikael Persbrandt Biutiful (Spain/Mexico) Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Starring: Javier Bardem Buried (Spain/U.S.) Director: Rodrigo Cortes Starring: Ryan Reynolds Lope (Spain/Brazil) Director: Andrucha Waddington Starring: Sonia Braga, Leonor Watling Cirkus Columbia (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Director: Danis Tanovic Starring: Miki Manojlovic, Boris Ler Dgobi Ghat (India) Director: Kiran Rao Starring: Aamir Khan, Prateik Babbar That Girl in Yellow Boots (India) Director: Anurag Kashyap Starring: Kalki Koechlin, Naseeruddin Shah I Saw the Devil (South Korea) Director: Kim Jee-woon Starring: Byung-hun Lee, Min-sik Choi Norwegian Wood (Japan) Director: Tran Anh Hung Starring: Rinko Kikuchi, Ken’ichi Matsuyama The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (Hong Kong) Director: Andrew Lau Starring: Donnie Yen, Qi Shu Complete list of films on the TIFF site. http://www.tiff.net/thefestival/press/pressreleases/2010/celebrated-actors-and-filmmakers-take-centre-stage-as-tiff-announces-stellar-lineup-of-galas-and-special-presentations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubie Posted July 28, 2010 Author Share Posted July 28, 2010 September 9-19, 2010 Celebrated Actors And Filmmakers Take Centre Stage As TIFF Announces Stellar Lineup Of Galas And Special Presentations Toronto – The Toronto International Film Festival® rolls out the red carpet with a selection of 15 Galas and 35 Special Presentations for this year’s Festival, including 25 World Premieres. Taking place from September 9 to 19, this year’s Festival includes the world premieres of new films by Robert Redford, Michael Winterbottom, Guillaume Canet, John Cameron Mitchell, Kiran Rao, Mike Mills and Andrucha Waddington. Critically acclaimed filmmakers Woody Allen, Sylvain Chomet, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Tran Anh Hung, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mike Leigh, Julian Schnabel and Im Sang-Soo make their North American premieres in Toronto, and the Galas and Special Presentations announced today feature on-screen performances by Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Aamir Khan, Ben Affleck, Javier Bardem, Marion Cotillard, Clive Owen, Colin Firth, Juliette Lewis, James McAvoy, Ewan McGregor, Helen Mirren, Edward Norton, Christopher Plummer, Natalie Portman, Om Puri, Ryan Reynolds, Sam Rockwell, Amy Ryan and Hilary Swank. Additional Gala and Special Presentation titles will follow in the coming weeks. “On the occasion of our 35th anniversary, we are thrilled to announce this selection of important and notable films,” says Piers Handling, Director and CEO of TIFF. “The richness and diversity of this year’s Galas and Special Presentations programmes reflect the abundance of exciting works from established and emerging filmmakers in the world of cinema.” “We are honoured that filmmakers choose our Festival to premiere their films to the world,” says Cameron Bailey, Co-Director of the Toronto International Film Festival. “We look forward to introducing these films to Toronto audiences – the most informed and enthusiastic filmgoers in the world.” The Festival’s Galas and Special Presentations programmes will feature premieres of films from countries around the world including Chad, Denmark, France, Hong Kong, India, South Korea, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Galas The Bang Bang Club Steven Silver, Canada/South Africa World Premiere Barney's Version Richard J. Lewis, Canada/Italy North American Premiere Black Swan Darren Aronofsky, USA North American Premiere Casino Jack George Hickenlooper, Canada World Premiere The Conspirator Robert Redford, USA World Premiere The Debt John Madden, USA North American Premiere The Housemaid Im Sang-Soo, South Korea North American Premiere In this erotic thriller, the housemaid of an upper-class family becomes entangled in a dangerous tryst. A satirical look at class structure, reminiscent of the work of Claude Chabrol, this sexy soap opera is a story of revenge and retribution. Janie Jones David M. Rosenthal, USA World Premiere The King's Speech Tom Hooper, United Kingdom/Australia North American Premiere Little White Lies Guillaume Canet, France World Premiere Peep World Barry Blaustein, USA World Premiere Potiche François Ozon, France North American Premiere The Town Ben Affleck, USA North American Premiere The Way Emilio Estevez, USA World Premiere West is West Andy De Emmony, United Kingdom World Premiere Special Presentations Another Year Mike Leigh, United Kingdom North American Premiere Beginners Mike Mills, USA World Premiere The Big Picture Eric Lartigau, France World Premiere Biutiful Alejandro González Iñárritu, Spain/Mexico North American Premiere Blue Valentine Derek Cianfrance, USA Canadian Premiere Brighton Rock Rowan Joffe, United Kingdom World Premiere Buried Rodrigo Cortés, Spain/USA Canadian Premiere Conviction Tony Goldwyn, USA World Premiere Cirkus Columbia Danis Tanovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina International Premiere Dhobi Ghat Kiran Rao, India World Premiere Easy A Will Gluck, USA World Premiere Henry's Crime Malcolm Venville, USA World Premiere The Illusionist Sylvain Chomet, United Kingdom North American Premiere In A Better World Susanne Bier, Denmark/Sweden International Premiere I Saw the Devil Kim Jee-woon, South Korea North American Premiere A hard-boiled thriller from Korean master Kim Jee-woon, I Saw the Devil is a tale of bloody vengeance against a dangerous psychopath who has committed a gruesome series of murders. It's Kind of a Funny Story Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden, USA World Premiere Jack Goes Boating Philip Seymour Hoffman, USA International Premiere L'Amour Fou Pierre Thoretton, France World Premiere The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen Andrew Lau, Hong Kong North American Premiere Lope Andrucha Waddington, Brazil/Spain World Premiere Love Crime Alain Corneau, France International Premiere Made in Dagenham Nigel Cole, United Kingdom World Premiere Miral Julian Schnabel, United Kingdom/Israel/France North American Premiere Never Let Me Go Mark Romanek, United Kingdom World Premiere Norwegian Wood Tran Anh Hung, Japan North American Premiere Outside the Law Rachid Bouchareb, France/Algeria/Tunisia/Italy/Belgium North American Premiere Rabbit Hole John Cameron Mitchell, USA World Premiere A Screaming Man Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, France/Belgium/Chad North American Premiere Stone John Curran, USA World Premiere Submarine Richard Ayoade, United Kingdom World Premiere That Girl in Yellow Boots Anurag Kashyap, India North American Premiere Tamara Drewe Stephen Frears, United Kingdom North American Premiere The Trip Michael Winterbottom, United Kingdom World Premiere Trust David Schwimmer, USA World Premiere You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Woody Allen, United Kingdom/USA/Spain North American Premiere Masters Mysteries of Lisbon Raul Ruiz, Portugal/France World Premiere Source: tiff.net Thanks to the highlight by ylin at EverythingLBH Latest still from "I Saw The Devil" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubie Posted July 28, 2010 Author Share Posted July 28, 2010 Official Website: tiff.net July 28, 2010 Korean pics "Housemaid," "Devil" invited to Toronto film fest Reporter: Lucia Hong Editor: Jessica Kim Korean films "The Housemaid" and "I Saw the Devil" have been invited to this year's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Canada, according to the official website of the fest on Wednesday. "Housemaid," about a young maid hired to work for a wealthy family, will be screened for the first time ever in North America under the Galas program of the fest. The category recognizes films that are noteworthy of winning awards and are making their world or North American premiere. The officials from the festival explained that "Housemaid" takes a satirical look on class structure, comparing the picture to "La ceremonie" by famed French director Claude Chabrol. Miro Vision, which handles the overseas distribution for "Housemaid," had recently closed a US distribution deal with IFC Films to release the film overseas sometime around the end of this year or early next year. The pic, a remake of a 1960s classic erotic thriller by late director Kim Ki-young, premiered at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in May, where it also swept up six deals at its film market. The modern adaptation helmed by Im Sang-soo, stars 2007 Cannes best actress award-winner Jeon Do-youn, Lee Jung-jae and veteran actress Yoon Yeo-jung. Korean thriller "I Saw the Devil" has been invited to the Canadian film event under the Special Presentations segment, where major films from famous directors are shown. "Devil" is helmed by noted filmmaker Kim Ji-woon, whose previous movies include "A Bittersweet Life" (2005) and "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" (2008), and stars top Korean actors Lee Byung-hun and Choi Min-sik. The action thriller pic, which will premiere in local theaters on August 11, is about a secret agent (Lee) who plots revenge against a serial killer (Choi) who killed his fiancee. The Toronto International Film Festival, a ten day event, is a non-competitive public film festival to run from September 9 to 19 this year. Reporter: Lucia Hong luciahong @ Editor: Jessica Kim jesskim @ <Ⓒ 10Asia All rights reserved> 10Asia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubie Posted July 30, 2010 Author Share Posted July 30, 2010 July 30, 2010 Choi Min Sik debuting as Poducer of 'I Saw the Devil' Source: news.nate.com 1 l 2 July 29, 2010 "Maid" and "Saw The Devil" Invited To The Toronto International Film Festival Korean films are gaining more attention abroad with each passing year. Both of the films "Maid" and "Saw The Devil" will be included in this year's Toronto International Film Festival. The movie "Maid" -- which stars Jeon Do-hyun and was directed by Im Sang-soo -- is seeing it's second international event as it was also included in the most recent Cannes Film Festival. Seven separate distributors competed to win the right to show the film in North America. US-based IFC Films won the bid and there are high expectations for the movie to do well at the box office when it finally premieres. At the Toronto International Film Festival, "Maid" was invited to be shown in one of the main categories while "Saw The Devil" will be shown in the Special Presentation section. This will mark the first time the latter film, starring Lee Byung-hun and Choi Min-shik, is shown in North America. The Toronto International Film Festival will be running from September 9-19. This festival is considered to be within the top four film festivals in the world, along with the likes of the Cannes, Berlin, and Venice film festivals. Source: KBS Global Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubie Posted August 1, 2010 Author Share Posted August 1, 2010 Saturday, July 24, 2010 Kim Ji-Woon's upcoming film Posted by Irene at 4:13 PM at genrecinemaeastasia.com I Saw The Devil [악마를 보았다 (Akmaleul boatda)] Kim Ji-Woon's new film, I Saw The Devil, is set to release in Korea on August 11th. If you guys are in Korea until then, you should check it out in theater.. Lee Byung-Hun (from the two Kim Ji-Woon films we've seen in class, A Bittersweet Life and The Good, The Bad, The Weird) and Choi Min-Sik play the lead roles. While Lee Byung-Hun is widely known as 'Kim Ji-Woon's persona', Choi Min-Sik is famous for his roles in other revenge films such as Old Boy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (both are part of Director Park Chan-Wook's revenge trilogy). This is a thriller/revenge/crime film (Kim Ji-Woon's second work featuring the 'revenge' theme) so I thought it would be relevant to the course. "When his fiancee is murdered by a serial killer, Suhyun (played by Lee Byung-Hun), a bodyguard working at the National Intelligence, suffers from his inability to protect his loved one and pledges himself to the most painful revenge possible. Having discovered that Jang Kyung-Chul (played by Choi Min-Sik) is the culprit, Suhyun begins a cycle of catching him, torturing him just enough so that he wouldn't die, and letting him go. But Kyung-Chul enjoys the appearance of Suhyun, the first equal opponent he's met, and plans to strike back..." (http://movie.naver.com/movie/bi/mi/basic.nhn?code=72408#story - translated by me) Posted by Irene at 4:13 PM at genrecinemaeastasia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubie Posted August 2, 2010 Author Share Posted August 2, 2010 August 2, 2010 Choi Min-sik 5 years comeback, insane 36 hours of the ultimate experience Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20100802n07703 Kim Ji Woon, Jang Jin, Ryu Seung-wan .. the return of anticipated Directors Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20100802n16654 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubie Posted August 2, 2010 Author Share Posted August 2, 2010 August 2, 2010 Local film industry looks to violent films for rebound Three violent local films set to open later this month are cracking knuckles and sharpening knives, aiming to drag their Hollywood competition into a bloody fight to reclaim some of the summer box office spoils. First to challenge “Salt” and “Inception” at the box office is Won Bin’s blood soaked revenge thriller “The Man from Nowhere,” scheduled for an Aug. 4 release. The ultra-violent picture directed by Lee Jung-beom has garnered plenty of publicity for its leading man shedding his squeaky-clean image in favor of a role as a merciless killer, hell bent on bringing terror upon the criminal underworld. The following week, “The Good, the Bad, and the Weird” writer-director Kim Ji-woon returns with “I Saw the Devil,” a violent yarn with revenge as its main theme. Kim’s film, too, features Hallyu star Lee Byung-hun in the lead as a government special agent who goes on a personal vendetta against a serial killer accused of murdering his fiancée, played by method actor Choi Min-sik. Finally, “Failan” and “Rikkidosan” director Song Hye-sung will look to break his streak of back to back box office failures with a film that has the proven pedigree to become the year’s biggest seller -- a remake of John Woo’s seminal gangster opus, “A Better Tomorrow.” The local adaptation stars popular heartthrobs Ju Jin-mo, Song Seung-hun, Cho Han-sun, and Kim Gang-woo. The unenviable tall order of filling in the role of Mark, originally played by the talismanic Chow Yun-fat, has fallen onto Song and has created plenty of Internet buzz, both positive and negative among fans of the original. Won Bin in a scene from “The Man from Nowhere.” In all the three upcoming films, there’s no shortage of bare knuckle beat-downs and stabbings. Excluding the “A Better Tomorrow” remake, the other two films have been stamped by the Korea Media Ratings Board with restrictions limiting the admissions to adults over 19 years of age. The cast of Song Hye-sung’s remake of John Woo’s “A Better Tomorrow” (clockwise from top left) Ju Jin-mo, Song Seung-hun, Cho Han-sun and Kim Gang-woo. This is in stark contrast to last year when family-friendly fare like writer-director Yoon Jae-kyun’s tsunami disaster epic “Haeundae” and the feel good ski-jumping picture “Take Off” dominated the box office. Yoon’s CGI destruction of Busan’s Haeundae beach garnered over 10 million admissions, while the inspiring tale of a rag-tag group of misfits that represent the South Korean ski-jumping team became a sleeper hit with just over 8.4 million tickets sold. Lee Byung-hun stars in writer-director Kim Ji-woon’s “I Saw the Devil.” Co-headlining the film is veteran “Oldboy” actor Choi Min-sik. Advance reviews of Won’s film had many a critic commenting on the graphic screen violence, with some giving negative marks for its attempt to shock audiences through gratuitous displays of blood and gore. Early buzz for Kim Ji-woon’s “I Saw the Devil” has also mostly focused on the film’s violent content, with some industry insiders saying the screen violence trumps even “The Man from Nowhere,” where slicing open arteries, multiple stabbings, death by pick ax, gunshot, mutilation, and illegal organ harvesting made up all of the stomach churning sequences shown throughout the film. Critics all across the board have brought attention to the lack of family friendly local films available, especially at a time of year when children and teens are out of school for summer break. This isn’t to say children and teens have slim pickings at their local multiplex. Pixar’s hotly anticipated “Toy Story 3” and the critically lambasted live action adaptation of “Sixth Sense” writer-director M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Last Airbender” are rolling out nationwide on Aug. 19 -- both available also in 3-D. The two current box office champs, “Inception” and “Salt” have had positive critical feedback in North America, but given that both films were given ratings of 12+ and 15+ by the Korea Media Ratings Board, the two films are largely expected to score well at the box office, even with competition from local films. Since the runaway success of Na Hong-jin’s 2007 serial killer thriller “The Chaser,” there’s been a rush by local filmmakers to come out with their own violent films after seeing the box office potential of targeting adults. Na’s film is still the biggest selling film of its kind with 5 million in ticket sales, but with Kang Woo-suk’s “Moss” pulling in good numbers currently at the box office and with a string of films aimed at adult audiences about to roll out, the local film industry might just rebound on the back of these blood soaked thrillers. By Song Woong-ki (kws@heraldm.com)koreaherald.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubie Posted August 3, 2010 Author Share Posted August 3, 2010 Anyone brave enough to gist this article from CINE21? 씨네21 <이병헌> 질주, 그 남자의 어쩔 수 없는 본능 글 : 이화정 사진 : 손홍주 (사진부장) | 2010.08.02 http://www.cine21.com/Article/article_view.php?mm=005002001&article_id=61797 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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