Poetry Of Lee Chang-Dong: Four Films Blu-Ray

The Poetry of Lee Chang-Dong: Four Films

Filmmaker, playwright and novelist Lee Chang-dong is one of South Korea’s most celebrated artists as well as one of its harshest critics. Newly restored in 4K, this collection of four of his early works reveals the poetic origins of a cinematic career that is uniquely “marked by a fascination with pain and longing” (IndieWire).

In his directorial debut, GREEN FISH (1997), Lee uses the conventions of film noir to explore the story of a young man who becomes ensnared in a dangerous love triangle with the girlfriend of his employer, a local mob boss. Opening on a shocking scene of implied suicide, Lee’s sophomore feature PEPPERMINT CANDY (1999) proceeds to move backward in time, revealing the unhappiness of its protagonist in reverse chronology. In OASIS (2002), two societal outcasts become unlikely soulmates when an irresponsible ex-con befriends a woman with severe cerebral palsy. Following a matriarch who finds her capacity as a caregiver threatened by Alzheimer’s disease, POETRY (2010) features a Cannes award-winning screenplay by Lee and an achingly vulnernable performance by legendary actress Yun Jung-hee in a role he specifically penned for her. OASIS:
Lee Chang Dong Intro
Making of
Cast and crew interviews
Oasis preview screening
Oasis trailer

PEPPERMINT CANDY:
Lee Chang Dong Intro
Making of
Auditions
Outtakes
Peppermint Candy trailer

POETRY:
Lee Chang Dong Intro
Making of
Actor Ahn Nae-sang Interview
Poetry trailer

GREEN FISH:
Lee Chang Dong Intro
James Marsh & Pierce Conran Commentary
Making of
Production Announcement
Green Fish trailer