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Mother
19th(2014) Korean Cinema Today
Family · Crime/Violence · Women
- CountryKorea
- Production Year2009
- Running Time128min
- Format DCP
- ColorB&W
Program Note
Director Bong Joon Ho and Cinematographer Hong Kyung-pyo made a black-and-white version of Mother, which premiered in 2009. Hong came up with the idea of making a black-and-white version of it while filming Snowpiercer(2013). Bong strongly agreed saying “the bleak black-and-white will go well with the movie.” Mother was filmed with a 2.35 to 1 anamorphic lens. A 2.35 to 1 screen ratio allows more background elements; therefore it was widely used in classic movies with standing out spectacles such as Lawrence of Arabia(1962). Mother is not as spectacular as Lawrence of Arabia but it used the 2.35 to 1 ration lens to emphasize the characters’ anxiety, isolation and hysteria. Considering the spectacle, this screen ratio should have been used for The Host(2006) but a 1.85 to 1 ratio lens was used, adding more suspense. A wider ratio was used for Mother to express the mother’s psychology, and the black-and-white maximizes this effect. (NAM Dong-chul)
Director
BONG Joon Ho
Bong debuted with Barking Dogs Never Bite(2000) and received international attention with Memories of Murder(2003). He then established himself as one of the most representative directors of Korea with The Host achieving both artistic and commercial success. He was invited to Un Certain Regard, Cannes International Film Festival with the following film Mother(2009), and drew international attention with a global project Snowpiercer(2013). He turned into a producer with Haemoo in 2014.
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Credit
- Director BONG Joon Ho 봉준호
- Producer Woo-sik SEO, Tae-joon PARK
- Cast Hye-ja KIM, Bin WON
- Screenplay Eun-kyo PARK,Joon Ho BONG
- Cinematography Kyung-pyo HONG
- Editor Sae-kyoung MOON
- Music Byeong-woo LEE
- Production Company
Barunson Co, Ltd
Korea 869, Janghang 2-dong, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
- World Sales
CJ Entertainment
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