<Day Dream (Baekilmong)> (1982)

Director : Lee Jung-gook
Year of Production : 1982
Genre : Drama/Fiction
Format : 16mm/B&W
Running Time : 19 minutes

Crew :
Screenplay/Director/Cinematography/Editor : Lee Jung-gook
Sound : Cheong Mak
Music : Cho Seong-woo

Cast :
Lee Joo-sung, Kang Yong-suk, Cha Young-geon, Cho mi-a, Kim Jeong-jin, Lee Geum-ju, Lee Nae-won

Synopsis

A young man from the country who is living alone in the city, scours the classifieds section in order to find a job. He has a crush on his landlord’s daughter but doesn’t say anything to her in his shyness, and also keeps failing to get a job. One day, in a park, he picks up a wallet, which a drunken man dropped, and runs away with it. He runs into the landlord’s daughter and goes to a cafe with her where he opens the wallet. But in it are only a piece of newspaper from the classifieds section and a resume.

Notes

The movie takes a satiric look at Korean society of the 80s. It has no dialogue, and the story is told through music and images, borrowing elements from a variety of genres to create interest.
(Excerpt from a booklet accompanying a DVD, “Recollections of Seduction, Independent Films Vol.1 70s-80s”)

Awards and Showings at Film Festivals

1984 Second Place at the Korean Teenage Film Festival
1984 Grand Prize at the Korean Short Film Festival (Currently the Busan Asian Short Film Festival)
1984 Grand Prize given by the International Catholic Cinematic Society
1988 Invited to the Berlin International Film Festival
1988 Invited to the Giovanni Film Festival in Italy

Director Bio : Lee Jung-gook (1957- )

Born in 1957, in Boseong, Jeollanam-do. He graduated from the bachelor’s and master’s degree programs from the Department of Theater and Film at Chung-ang University. He began his directorial career in college where he directed short films. He produced 4 short films shot on 16mm film including Day Dream, receiving awards at the Busan Asian Short Film Festival and Seoul International Youth Film Festival and was recognized for his talent from early on. His first full-length film was The Song of Resurrection (Buhwal-ui nolae), a film that dealt with the Gwangju Democratization Struggle which was Year of Production:dependently. He directed The Story of Two Women (Du-yeoja i-yagi) in 1994, and in 1997, he directed The letter (Pyeonji), which turned out to be one of the most commercially successful movies of that year. His most recent work is Blue (Beulru) (2003) and he is currently a professor at the Department of Film Arts at Sejong University.