100 Korean Movies (6)丨 Lee Young Ae, who has great looks, has also made B-level movies

[kind gold] is the ending of Park Chan-wook's "Vengeance Trilogy" . In the movie

, he used women as the protagonist for the first time, simplified the theme of revenge, and made a frank conclusion for "revenge" . After watching

, his wife told him that "this is the best written movie because it is Happy Ending".

[The Kindness of Gold] 친절한금자씨 (2005)

• Director: Park Chan-wook
• Starring: Lee Young-ae /Cui Min-sik/Kim Si-ho/Nam Il-woo/Kim Byung-ok/Oh Dal-soo z27/Jzzz26 Entertainment type: 27 thriller zzzz 26 : 2005.7.29

[Kind Gold]

When Park Chan-wook produced [Kind Gold], the audience’s first reaction was "How is revenge again? " Here, Director Park needs to explain, "Actually, change This is the eternal theme of my movie." The reason why

chose " revenge " is because people will have a cognitive change in the process, that is, they have realized that they have become evil, but have to act evil. In

[I want revenge], Song Kanghao knew that his daughter's death had nothing to do with the deaf and mute, so he killed him; in [老boy], Liu Zhitaiming knew that his sister's death had nothing to do with Cui Minzhi, but still decided to imprison him 15 year.

[Old boy]

After realizing evil, people struggle, pain, and decide to implement evil, which is the theme of Park Chan-wook's movie. In

[Friendly Gold], even though the children’s family knew that killing Cui Minzhi would not bring the child back to life, they still decided to retaliate against him, and the process seemed unpleasant. The parents did not get relief, but they lifted it up without turning back. knife.

"After the revenge is over, the parents eat cakes and party together. They are happy, or they just pretend to be happy" , this is the cruelty that Park Chan-wook wants to express.

Again, choosing the theme of "abduction" is also Park Chan-wook's "cruel". In

[I want revenge], a little girl is abducted, and five children in [Kindly Gold] are abducted and killed.

"Killing is a sudden thing, the pain is fleeting, and taking the child away from the parents, this pain is continuous and more cruel. Only this can touch the deepest psychological revenge in the human heart."

even Happy Ending , Park Chan-wook did not let go of the opportunity to crush the audience's psychology. The plot of the kid’s abduction video tape in the film is just to highlight this cruel feeling.

Compared with the previous two "revenge" works, [Kindly Gold] presents many changes, including the choice of female protagonists, the use of a large number of supporting characters, and Cui Minzhi's blank space as the villain.

The entire experiment process included Park Chan-wook's many considerations.

First of all, Park Chan-wook decided to use women as the protagonist, on the one hand to refute the critics’ misunderstanding of his "macho" , on the other hand, it is based on the suggestions of colleagues.

Park Chan-wook considers himself not a "male chauvinist", but when [I Want Revenge] was released, a film critic once commented: "women are dead, men are revenge" , which caused a misunderstanding of him.

Park Chan-wook, a proud man, had drawn up a female-oriented direction at that time, intending to use his works to attack "rumors."

After Kaneko was released from prison, he gradually improved his revenge plan with the help of inmates. This is Park Chan-wook's unique design, which is interesting and very fairy tale.

Park Chan-wook’s adventurous spirit is also reflected in this section:

"A large number of supporting actors is the most dangerous place for [kind gold]. The supporting roles are not many but very complicated, and the acting level is uneven. What can they show? It looks like I can't figure it out. This experimental atmosphere makes me a mixed blessing." .

film, apart from Kaneko, there are not many appearances in the other roles, such as the killer played by Song Kanghao and the bakery manager played by Wu Dal-soo, although it is a glimpse.

But it is these soy sauce scenes that are combined to form this movie, which also satisfies Park Chan-wook’s original psychological intention of “try every movie you make” .

uses Choi Min-sik as a supporting role. It is estimated that Park Chan-wook can do such a thing in Chungmuro ​​Road, although people insist that "this role is not the protagonist, but is better than the protagonist" .

Compared with the role of Liu Zhitai and in [Old Boy], Cui Minzhi's "Mr. White" is really thin. His appearance time is only about ten minutes, scattered in every corner of the film, and the lines are so few that the audience can recite them.

Originally, when writing the script, Park Chan-wook wanted to simplify the script, and wanted to take a "pure evil" (Pure evil) as a target for revenge. The plan was to find an unknown actor to perform, so that the audience would have a kind of substitution. sense.

However, the more you write later, the more the whole plot focuses on this person, "He doesn’t have many chances to appear, but he always appears in everyone’s life. He and Liu Zhitai are in the proportion of [the old boy]. There is a gap, but the status and the effect are equal."

Because of this positioning and consideration, Park Chan-wook believes that this is still a role that needs acting, so he dialed Cui Min-sik's phone and continued with [Old Boy].

Park Chan-wook said it was a mess, but Choi Min-sik still criticized his scenes, "' Baek teacher', director, are you sure you didn’t want to shoot Baek Yun-sik (Korean actor) at the beginning?" engaged Pu Chanyu was embarrassed. After the release of

Bai Yunsik

[Kind Gold], the weird B-class style made Park Chan-yu inevitably become a target again.

film critics and audiences thought that his was “extreme in style and too fancy techniques.” , the director reluctantly said that “although it is working again with [the old boy] staff, but this time we really did it very simple. There are many fixed lenses without Move.".

However, the combination of criticism and praise is the regular treatment of Park Chan-wook's movies, and his elderly should also get used to it.

Park Chan-wook, [kind gold] ushered in the return of Lee Young Ae. Lee Young-ae, who is well-known at home and abroad through "Dae Jang Geum", reverses her image in this film and plays the avenger.

is a breakthrough in her own career on the one hand, and a challenge to the audience on the other. Li Yingai has also become another interpretation symbol of [Kindly Gold].

When Park Chan-wook approached Lee Young-ae, she just ended the filming of "Dae Jang Geum" and was dubbed "Oxygen Beauty" by the majority of Korean audiences and became the main force of Hallyu.

But as an actor, what she needs at this time is not popularity and fame, but affirmation of acting skills.

"want to try that kind of very stylized and stage-oriented work" , Li Young-ae, who was hungry for art performances, immediately agreed to perform after receiving Park Chan-wook's invitation. It was natural.

Before confirming his appearance, Lee Young Ae also thought about the feelings of fans and the direction of his career.

Lee Young-ae, whose acting skills have been questioned from the beginning of her debut, is ambitious in her career, and she also firmly believes that only actors who dare to discover themselves will receive long-term support from the audience. What's more, Park Chan-wook also hired Cui Minzhi to act for her. This is an opportunity that she has never been able to meet, but she has always been eager to cooperate with a powerful figure.

Therefore, it is imperative for [kind gold] to come back.

Before filming started, there was no complete script for [Kindly Gold].

Park Chan-wook used a summary to fool Lee Young Ae and Choi Min Sik, and later discussed the complete script with the actors during the filming process. Therefore, he said that "Lee Young Ae participated in the script."Creation" is not an exaggeration.

"Director Park Chan-wook really doesn't like the actors hiding something. His favorite way of creation is that the director has fully communicated with the various staff and actors and reached a consensus. , The feeling deduced based on this will make people feel very happy. "

When I first saw the outline, Li Young-ae was also confused and hesitated because the character was too strong, but this method of discussing and shooting made Li Young-ae gradually have the confidence to take risks and the ambition to challenge in the process, she said: Actor, the process of playing Kaneko is like a serious and interesting play. "

" Generally, movies and TV series will follow the principle of "who, when, where, what, why, how to happen), but [friendly gold] breaks out of the traditional restraints and uses a narrative that escapes Let the audience and actors have a brand new movie watching experience. At the beginning of "

[kind gold], everyone’s description of Kaneko’s kindness contrasted with her indifferent sentence "Will you live by yourself" , stepping out of the suspense; flashbacks, interjections, and narration explanations will be suspenseful. It is supernatural (Park Chan-wook was filmed in the chronological order of the story when filming). During the six months of filming at

, Lee Young-ae indulged in the emotional changes of the character, and sometimes even when she looked at the monitor, she would be natural to herself The expression is surprised.

She has achieved self-breakthrough through the breakthrough of the film, although in this process, she also has a lot of uncertainty, "Golden with age, the role is constantly changing. From a bad girl 13 years ago to an incarnation of revenge, her personality has changed too much, and it is very difficult to reflect this change in me.”

But with years of experience and the help of Park Chan-wook, she was finally able to calm down when the movie was released. Facing Lee Young-ae's version of "Gold".

"I was uneasy until the end of the filming, but after the press conference, I finally realized that it would be interesting to see myself like that in the picture."

Park Chan-wook also gave Lee Young Ae a good comment, "Lee Young Ae performed an effect that Jeon Do-yeon and Moon So-ri did not have. She has a somewhat inhumane look of fireworks, coupled with hateful feelings, and the interpretation in the contrast creates a mysterious comedy effect."

Li Yingai answered the expectation of the film very straightforwardly:

"Although it can not make all the audience 100% Satisfied, but at least everyone should recognize Li Yingai's hard work. After watching the movie, if the audience can think about the person Kaneko, it is considered a success of the movie. "

Before the movie was released, Li Yingai also expressed her desire for the box office. She thought this was an affirmation of her acting skills. At the same time, she also hopes to be well received by the audience. She once said with a smile: I said it was a little shy. But I hope to get a similar evaluation like ", an actor with a very character, an actor with many possibilities and energy, ". "

, growing up on Chungmuro ​​Road, Lee Young-ae encountered the same problem as actresses of the same age, that is, the female actors in the male film dominated the market are narrow. Therefore, [friendly gold] is also a key to Lee Young-ae’s attempt to open the door to actresses’ new career. “Female actors can not only exist in erotic films and romantic comedies, but also can show their strength in more types of movies.”

Lee Young-Ae, who came out of doubts about acting skills, dreams of becoming an actor with deep roots in . "No adversity will be shaken" , has been working hard to learn to perform, unknowingly, finally got the status it is now, and [Kind Gold] has become one of her most styled movie works.

" Revenge Trilogy ", which one do you like best?