(Following interview ④) Director Yeon Sang-ho of the film "Gunchae" spoke about working with actor Ji Changwook and mentioned the direction of the work.
On the morning of the 26th, director Yeon Sang-ho held an interview at a cafe in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul. At the meeting, he spoke with domestic reporters about his newly released film "Gunchae".
"Gunchae" is a film about isolated survivors inside a building sealed off by an unidentified infectious outbreak who confront infected people evolving into unpredictable forms. As Yeon Sang-ho's third zombie film following Train to Busan and Peninsula, it opened on the 21st and is meeting audiences.
In particular, "Gunchae" gathered top actors such as Jun Ji-hyun, Ji Changwook and Koo Kyo-hwan in one work, drawing the attention of film fans from the casting stage. Regarding this, director Yeon Sang-ho said, "I did not persuade them. I was actually surprised. For example, I wondered, 'Would Ji Changwook actually do it?' But I was surprised when he said he would do it."
However, he said, "Instead, there was something like that. Should I call this film a character play? It is a film in which the characters' narratives are almost not revealed. I wanted the image alone to be one that the audience could imagine. For example, even if you don't know exactly what the relationship is, isn't it interesting that one is a man's ex-wife and the other his current wife?" and added, "As a result, I wanted the characters to be ones people could imagine from position alone. In that regard, I think they took on the role thinking they could contribute in that way."
In the latter part of the story there was a possibility of melodrama centered on Ji Changwook, but "Gunchae" shows a relatively restrained emotional line. On this, director Yeon Sang-ho said, "I deliberately tried not to have a sentimental mood. Originally there were fewer emotional scenes. But because there was almost no emotion, I adjusted and revived some emotional moments to at least give a feeling of resting there. The previous version had so little emotion that it felt too chaotic," he confessed.
He went on to say about the increasingly genre-focused atmosphere of his works since Train to Busan, "It is a work that goes with a completely different energy. Train to Busan had a strong driving force in protecting a daughter, so it pushed emotionally. This time I tried to focus on individuality, so I did not see emotion as the energy source of this film."
(Continued in interview ⑤).<
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