OLDBOY Director Park Chan-wook Made a Great Short Film For Apple LIFE IS BUT A DREAM
Park Chan-wook, the director behind Oldboy, Thirst, Stoker, and The Handmaiden, was hired by Apple to shoot a short film on an iPhone 13 Pro. That movie is titled Life is but a Dream, and it’s a wonderfully made film that you’re going to enjoy! It tells a very fun and playful story.
In the film, “an undertaker who needs wood to build a coffin for the savior of his village digs up an abandoned grave. But while doing so, he accidentally awakens the ghost of an ancient swordsman. Now the ghost tries to take back his coffin.”
The short stars Yoo Hai-jin, Kim Ok-vin (Thirst), and Park Jeong-min. The film was shot by Kim Woo-hyung (The Little Drummer Girl) with an original soundtrack by Jang Young-gyu (Train to Busan, The Good the Bad the Weird).
When talking about making short films, Park said (via Korea Times), “It’s not easy to dive deeper into genre experiments in a full-length feature film because it costs a lot of money and there is a lot of pressure. When making short films, I have creative freedom. In 2011, my brother (Park Chan-kyong) and I made a 33-minutes long film ‘Night Fishing’ on an iPhone 4. I have great memories about working on a short film, and they motivate me to keep making more short films.”
Enjoy the short!