<Wet Dream> (1992)

Director : Kim Yoon-tae
Year of Production : 1992
Genre : Experimental Film
Format : 16mm/Color
Running Time : 15 minutes and 30 seconds

Crew :
Director/Cinematography : Kim Yoon-tae
Assistant Director : Lee Byeong-ryul
Art Director/Editor : Park Kyung-joo
Music : Park Chang-soo
Production : Seoul Goethe Institute, Korean Film Council
Sponsor : Christoph Janetzko

Cast :
Choi Jeong-do

Synopsis

It’s a wet dream that a man dreams during the three day period of funerary proceedings during the rainy season. In the movie, images of a corpse, carnal desire, claustrophobia, the symptoms of an oppressive society, compulsive castration, and the abyss are beautifully combined.

Notes

The first true experimental film. (Kang So-won)
Gentle, yet sumptuous images. (Kim Dong-won)

Purpose of Production

This film was made at an experimental film workshop and attempts in many ways to maintain a purely experimental spirit. It was made without a script like an improvisatory painting. We decided not to be limited by chronology and the continuity of temporal space within our storyline and character and therefore, the film was made through imaginative experimentation, producing inherent and subjective images. The film is structured to resemble the traditional 3-day funerary proceedings of Korea and it deals with corpses, obsessive carnal desire, the oppressive society, as well as claustrophobia.

Director Bio : Kim Yoon-tae (1962- )

Born in Incheon, Gyeonggi-do, in 1962. He mainly made independent films with a strong experimental inclination such as Good Bye Babbitt (Goodbye sokmul) (1984), The Lost city (Ileobeorindoshi) (1987), Improvisation (Impravijaeisseon) (1990), Wet Dream (1992), Story of a City: a short section (Han dosiui iyagi danpyun bumoon) (1994), Dowsing (1995), Video Ritual (Bideo Rityueol) (1997), and Digital Three People Three Colors: Moon Segno (Digital saminsamsek : dal senyo) (2000).