Ki-duk Kim
Birthday:
20 December 1960, Bonghwa, South Korea
He studied fine arts in Paris in 1990-1992. In 1993 he won the award for Best Screenplay from the Educational Institute of Screenwriting with "A Painter and A Criminal Condemned to Death". After two more screenplay awards, he made his directorial debut with Ag-o (1996). Then he went on to direct Yasaeng dongmul bohoguyeog (1997), Paran da...
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He studied fine arts in Paris in 1990-1992. In 1993 he won the award for Best Screenplay from the Educational Institute of Screenwriting with "A Painter and A Criminal Condemned to Death". After two more screenplay awards, he made his directorial debut with Ag-o (1996). Then he went on to direct Yasaeng dongmul bohoguyeog (1997), Paran daemun (1998) ("Birdcage Inn"), _Seom (2000)_ ("The Isle") and the highly experimental Shilje sanghwang (2000) ("Real Fiction"), shot in just 200 minutes. In 1999, Suchwiin bulmyeong (2001) was selected by the Pusan Film Festival's Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) for development. Show less «
[on his film Moebiuseu (2013)] We are not free from physical desire for our entire life. And because of it, we either self-torture, maltreat...Show more »
[on his film Moebiuseu (2013)] We are not free from physical desire for our entire life. And because of it, we either self-torture, maltreat or become maltreated. And in the middle of all this lies our genitals. The question 'what is a genital? is the initiating point of this film. The film is personal to me in a way. For instance, in the film the character experiences orgasm by rubbing a rough stone against his skin. During my military service I had severe athlete's foot, and had rubbed the skin with a stone until it bled. It was painful, but at the same time I felt a strange pleasure from it and, just like in the film, I felt an awful pain after it. I realized that our entire body is a sexual organ...I consider 'Moebius' as a penis journey. Show less «
It's a massive loss for the Korean society that even students who are talented in non-academic fields go to university. Students should focu...Show more »
It's a massive loss for the Korean society that even students who are talented in non-academic fields go to university. Students should focus on developing their own talents instead of wasting their time at university.[2012] Show less «
Good films are not produced by money, but by passion.[2012]
Good films are not produced by money, but by passion.[2012]
[if he was ever tempted to work within the mainstream system like Chan-wook Park or Joon Ho Bong] Strictly speaking, no. I think I'm a diffe...Show more »
[if he was ever tempted to work within the mainstream system like Chan-wook Park or Joon Ho Bong] Strictly speaking, no. I think I'm a different element than those directors. If they are more like wood or metal, I'm more like soil. They could be transformed into something else, but I can't. I don't have the ability to find a middle ground with my audiences, and I know this too well. I've shot 18 films, and none of them had a middle ground. I think this is mainly because I didn't study filmmaking, and I don't know as much about the process as they do. I don't know any way other than how I shoot. So audiences have the choice of following me or not following me, and I don't blame them if they choose not to watch.[2012] Show less «
To create great films, what is more important is to understand people and their life, not to study film history or practical techniques at u...Show more »
To create great films, what is more important is to understand people and their life, not to study film history or practical techniques at university.[2012] Show less «
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