The Reversed Evolution Theory

2004

Invitation Feature-2

Jeong-gu Kim | 2004 | Fiction | DV | Color | 89min

SYNOPSIS

Two men are trapped in an underground warehouse. To this completely sealed environment, no one comes to them to help. The two men with clashing personalities must find a way to survive in this closed off place. This space is their space to be endured and their world to be created. As time passes, the two men begin experiencing confusion as to their sexual identity. A form of economics emerges, as well as power structures and obedience. A world, a microcosm emerges. One man undergoes a biological transition and becomes a woman. This is as if in an environment where females are scarce, one is made out of necessity to make a perfect pair. Their romance degenerates into violence. Sexual gratification turns into cruelty. There is no more hope. By one person's tyranny and another's sacrifice, a child is born. They touch the very end of life. But at that moment, they discover meaninglessness. This meaninglessness shows how thin, how absurd their little world really is. It is too late to go back, and they have come too far from the world.

DIRECTING INTENTION

밀폐된 공간에서 뜻하지 않게 갇히게 된 두 남자의 얘기이다.
닥쳐올 그들의 상황은 외부와 완벽하게 차단되어 있다.
그들은 원치 않았지만 새로운 한 세계를 이루어야 할 운명에 처해졌을 때
과연 이 두 남자의 본능은 온전한 자신들만의 한 세계를 구축해 낼 수 있을까?
혹은, 그들의 시간이 제대로 진화할 것인가?
혹은 퇴화, 혹은 원초의 세계로 역진화 할 것인가.
여기에 나의 몇 가지 의미 없는 질문들이 보태어져
주인공들이 이루어야 할 삶을
낯설고 불편한 이미지와 스타일로
하나의 論을 보태고 싶은 마음으로 만들었다.
또한 나는 우리에게 익숙한 이 세계와 실존과 사고들이
얼마나 허망하고 얇고 낯선 것인가를 함께 느끼고 싶다.

FESTIVAL & AWARDS

2004 서울독립영화제2004

DIRECTOR
Jeong-gu Kim

Jeong-gu Kim

1997 <엄마의 사랑은 끝이 없어라> 
2001 <샴, 하드 로맨스> 
2002 <사자성어>
STAFF

Director Jung-gu Kim
Producer Il-kwon Kim
Screen Writer Jung-gu Kim
Cinematographer Hee-suk Na
Assistant Director Ha Yoo
연출부 Cham-sup Kim, Nam-hee Kim
촬영부 Dong-hwan Kim, Ho-bal Lee
Lighting Hong-wan Kim, Dong-hun Jung
Screen Writer Eun-jung Lee
Editor In-dae Moon Makeup Myung-ja Lee
Music Kongnamulsiru
Cast Jung-hwan Park, Eun-kyung Cho