GSC International Screens – Cobweb Korean Movie

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Thanks to the wonderful invitation from GSC International Screens, I recently went to watch the press screening of Cobweb, a Korean movie that sets in an age when one’s art, dreams and vision were censored by the government, a dynamic story emerges from questions about the essence of cinema.

In 1970s Korea, when both art and dreams are censored, a film director dreams of a masterpiece… After his successful debut, Director KIM endures scathing attacks from critics who call him a specialist in trashy dramas.

After finishing his latest feature ‘Cobweb’, he has vivid dreams over several days of an alternative ending to the film. Sensing that if he can just shoot those scenes as he envisioned them, a masterpiece will surely emerge, he tries to arrange just two days of additional shooting.

However, the rewritten script fails to pass censorship, and his actors can’t make sense of the new ending. Between the tangled schedule, the opposition of the producer, and the collision between these fantastic scenes dancing before his eyes and the harsh conditions of reality, Director KIM feels he is about to go insane, but he pushes on regardless…

“If I can just change the ending, a masterpiece will emerge. All I need is two days!”

A comedy about the intersection of a film set and life’s unpredictability. Cobweb features the distinctive personality, charm and tremendous skill of the ensemble cast like SONG Kang-ho, LIM Soo-jung, OH Jung-se, JEON Yeo-been, JUNG Soo-jung, PARK Jung-soo, and JANG Young-nam.

The clashing ambitions of the producer and the director; the collision between idealism and reality; the chaotic film set which plays out like a microcosm of life itself; the actors and crew, each with their own various personalities, ambitions and desires; plus consideration of the fundamental question of “What is cinema?” – Cobweb promises all of this and more.