2020-06-19 19:29:29
In an interview with electric sheep magazine, Director kim jee won provided some insight into his asian take on the western, the good the bad, the weird. Its an action packed more than a nod to sergio leone's spaghetti western The good , the bad , the ugly (1966), from the gunslingers' cool attitude in a face of death to the nonchalent whistling on the Ennio Morricone- Inspired sound track.
When he asked if he sees his film as homage,a parody or a re invention, KJM responded gracefully ''it started as a homage, but i tried to maks it fun, with lots of humor, and i belive that there is some re- invention. Its all of them.'' He expanded.
KJW - traditional western have a low key construction, slow pace and simple action. I wanted to appeal to a more modern audience by making the action more powerful. By speeding up the space and by having multi-dementional characters, rather than just good and bad characters, rather than just say 'oriental western' i prefer to say that it a ''kimchi western''. Kimchi is a korean dish of fermented, its very spicy and hot. i like it to call that beacuse the film reflects korean people, who are very dynamic and spicy, just like kimchi.
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