‘Yellow Door: A Cinephile Diary from the End of the Century’, Bong Joon-ho’s first short animation can be seen

Netflix's documentary film 'Yellow Door: A Cinephile Diary of the End of the Century' (directed by Lee Hyuk-rae) confirmed its release on October 27 and released the main poster and trailer.

'Yellow Door: Cinephile Diary of the End of the Century' is a documentary film that follows the memories surrounding the first short film of the young Bong Joon-ho and the era of film enthusiasts that members of the 'Yellow Door Film Institute', a community of cinephiles, recall for the first time in 30 years in the early 90s.

1993, the end of the 20th century, a time when there was no OTT or YouTube. The 'Yellow Door Film Institute', a club where cinephiles who loved movies gathered together and dreamed only of 'movies', is also a place where the young Bong Joon-ho belonged and passionately managed a video library of world famous movies.

It also attracted attention by telling the story of the film group 'Yellow Door', which was the only audience for director Bong Joon-ho's unreleased first short animation film 'Looking For Paradise'.

The main poster catches the eye as it depicts director Bong Joon-ho and members of the film club 'Yellow Door' riding on a slate that resembles a ship. The appearance of the 'Yellow Door' members in the 90s, in contrast to modern-day director Bong Joon-ho, provides a glimpse into the lively days of film-obsessed students who were completely immersed in movies.

'Yellow Door: Cinephile Diary of the End of the Century' will be officially invited to the 'Wide Angle - Documentary Showcase' section of the 28th Busan International Film Festival and screened as a world premiere. As the 'Wide Angle - Documentary Showcase' section is a section that presents documentaries that broaden the perspective of film and show a unique and differentiated vision, expectations are high on what kind of reaction the stories of Korean cinephiles from the 90s will evoke from the audience at the Busan International Film Festival. It's getting higher.

The main trailer attracts attention as it shows members of the ‘Yellow Door Film Institute’ gathering for the first time in a long time through video conference. As director Bong Joon-ho said, “Our generation is the first generation of cinephiles,” in the early 90s, after the student movement, the number of film student groups seeking new outlets for artistic souls increased rapidly, and ‘Yellow Door’ is one of them.

As you play through the video, you will see the storyboard of famous scenes from 'The Godfather' drawn by director Bong Joon-ho himself, the video library that became an asset of 'Yellow Door' that he collected one by one to study film, and the short animation film 'Looking For Paradise', which is director Bong Joon-ho's first unreleased directing work. ' and the vivid testimonies of director Choi Jong-tae, actor Woohyun, and Nae Nae-sang, who saw it for the first time.

As can be seen from director Bong Joon-ho's words, "I don't think there has ever been a time when I was more crazy about movies than that time," the trailer, which depicts 90s cinephiles gathered together with passion and affection for movies, amplifies curiosity about the work. .

Through the voices of the members of the 'Yellow Door Film Institute', we recall each member's memories filled with film energy and the journey of the film group 'Yellow Gate Film Institute' and director Bong Joon-ho's first directing work, the stop-motion animation 'Looking For Paradise'. Follow. This is expected to bring to mind the pure and passionate passion for movies that was present in all movie lovers, including cinephiles of the 90s as well as current cinephiles.

The documentary film 'Yellow Door: A Cinephile Diary of the End of the Century' will be released exclusively on Netflix on October 27th.

Reporter Ha-neul Lee, Ten Asia greenworld@tenasia.co.kr