Rough Cut (2008 film)

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Rough Cut
RoughCut2008Poster.jpg
South Korean Poster
Hangul영화는 영화다
Hanja映畫는 映畫다
Revised RomanizationYeonghwaneun yeonghwada
McCune–ReischauerYŏnghwanŭn yŏnghwata
Directed byJang Hoon
Written byKim Ki-duk
Produced byKim Ki-duk
David Cho
Starring
CinematographyKim Gi-tae
Music byRoh Hyoung-woo
Production
company
Kim Ki-duk Film
Distributed by
  • Studio 2.0
  • Sponge ENT
Release date
  • September 11, 2008 (2008-09-11)
Running time
113 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Budget₩650 million[1]
US$1.5 million[2]
Box officeUS$7.2 million[3]

Rough Cut (Korean: 영화는 영화다; RR: Yeonghwanun Yeonghwada; lit. "A Movie is a Movie") is a 2008 South Korean action film. It is the debut feature of director Jang Hoon and based on an original story by Kim Ki-duk. The film had a total of 1,307,688 admissions nationwide.[4]

Synopsis[]

Gang-pae, played by So Ji-sub, is a local organized crime leader who still wishes he could be in movies. Soo-ta, played by Kang Ji-hwan, is a haughty actor who is easy to provoke. Within his latest film, where he plays a gangster, he gets into the role too much and sends one of the stuntmen to the hospital. The two men meet by chance at a room salon and Soo-ta enlists Gang-pae to join the production. But this real-life gangster will only join the production if the fights are real. The two main characters continue to try and one-up the other every chance they get.

Cast[]

Blurring of real and fake[]

Since this film crosses back and forth between being an actual movie and a movie within a movie, the lines get blurred as to which the audience is watching. Examples:

  • The character name Soo-ta (수타) is a parody of 스타 meaning "(movie) star" in Korean. And the character name Gang-pae (강패) is a parody of 깡패 which means "gangster" in Korean.
  • Choreographed fights become "real" and a "real" fight turns out to be planned but is however "real".
  • The actual movie script for Rough Cut is shown being read and held several times by rehearsing characters and crew within the film.
  • Numerous members of the actual crew, including the producer and editor, are seen in the film as "crew members".
  • Various movie posters can be seen including Time also written by Kim Ki-duk and an early draft of a Rough Cut poster, which is the same image on the cover of the scripts.
  • The "real" arrest of a bloodied Gang-pae for a recent murder turns out to be in image from a film shown in a theater right before the actual credits roll.

Awards and nominations[]

2008 Blue Dragon Film Awards[5]
2008 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
2008 Korean Film Awards
2008 Director's Cut Awards
2009 Asian Film Awards
2009 Baeksang Arts Awards
2009 Shanghai International Film Festival
  • Best Music - Roh Hyoung-woo
2009 Buil Film Awards
2009 Busan Film Critics Awards
2009 Grand Bell Awards

References[]

  1. ^ "Low Budget the New Answer for Chungmuro?". Twitch Film. 25 September 2008. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
  2. ^ D'Sa, Nigel (14 August 2008). "Rough Cut Ready for September Release". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
  3. ^ "Youngwhaneun Youngwhada (Rough Cut)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
  4. ^ "Theatrical Releases in 2008: Box-Office Admission Results". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
  5. ^ "Rough Cut - Awards". Cinemasie. Retrieved 2012-12-18.

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