Definitely a treat of completists, “Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club” starts by mentioning Bong Joon-ho's previously unknown first film, a stop-motion animated short titled “Looking for Paradise” that he made in his home basement in 1992, before it dwells in the history of the particular club, which, apart from Bong, also had Choi Jong-tae translation of English books about cinema, being among the most interesting and entertaining aspects of the narrative.
Bong Joon-ho emerges as the protagonist, with him having the most screening time, while the occasionally contradictory testaments about the past, by the people participating in the documentary, induce the film with the “Rashomon” effect, as Bong himself mentions at some point. The changing of offices, the actual yellow door, the upscaling of the club, and Bong's proceedings during his time there take a large part of the documentary. Lastly, the current lives of the people talking...
Bong Joon-ho emerges as the protagonist, with him having the most screening time, while the occasionally contradictory testaments about the past, by the people participating in the documentary, induce the film with the “Rashomon” effect, as Bong himself mentions at some point. The changing of offices, the actual yellow door, the upscaling of the club, and Bong's proceedings during his time there take a large part of the documentary. Lastly, the current lives of the people talking...
- 1/18/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-fi Film Club is a South Korean movie directed by Lee Hyuk-rae starring Bong Joon-ho and Choi Jong-tae.
Thirty years later, a group of film lovers reminisce about their youthful times when a small video store called “Yellow Club” shaped them, both cinematically and personally.
This documentary is a reunion of those friends and what has become of their lives.
A legendary place in South Korea that gave rise to filmmakers like Bong Joon-ho (Okja) and Choi Jong-tae.
A touching documentary filled with love for cinema, where we have the opportunity to intimately connect with the directors and all those people who were part of their past, their memories, and who, in a way, remain very present today.
Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-fi Film Club About the documentary:
Personal, intimate. It’s more of an introspective approach than an informative documentary. It provides information, yes, for those who may not be familiar,...
Thirty years later, a group of film lovers reminisce about their youthful times when a small video store called “Yellow Club” shaped them, both cinematically and personally.
This documentary is a reunion of those friends and what has become of their lives.
A legendary place in South Korea that gave rise to filmmakers like Bong Joon-ho (Okja) and Choi Jong-tae.
A touching documentary filled with love for cinema, where we have the opportunity to intimately connect with the directors and all those people who were part of their past, their memories, and who, in a way, remain very present today.
Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-fi Film Club About the documentary:
Personal, intimate. It’s more of an introspective approach than an informative documentary. It provides information, yes, for those who may not be familiar,...
- 10/27/2023
- by Veronica Loop
- Martin Cid - TV
“Solids by the Seashore,” “The Berefts” and “House of the Seasons” were all multiple winners of the Vision Awards at the Busan International Film Festival on Thursday evening.
Another winner was “Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-fi Film Club,” a documentary celebrating Korea’s early cinephiles, who include “Parasite” director Bong Joon-ho.
The Vision Awards precede the main New Currents Competition and the Jiseok Competition prizes which will be presented on Friday at the festival’s closing ceremony.
Busan 2023 Vision Awards
Fipresci Award
“That Summer’s Lie” Dir. Sohn Hyun-lok.
Netpac Award
“Solids by the Seashore” Dir. Patiparn Boontarig.
LG Oled New Currents Award
“Solids by the Seashore” Dir. Patiparn Boontarig.
LG Oled Vision Award
“The Berefts” Dir. Jeong Beom, Hur Jang.
Dgk Plus M Award (joint winners)
“Work to Do” Dir. Park Hong-jun,
“Isle of Snakes” Dir. Kim Eu-min.
Cgv Award
“Concerning My Daughter” Dir. Lee Mirang.
Kbs Independent Film Award
“House of the Seasons” Dir.
Another winner was “Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-fi Film Club,” a documentary celebrating Korea’s early cinephiles, who include “Parasite” director Bong Joon-ho.
The Vision Awards precede the main New Currents Competition and the Jiseok Competition prizes which will be presented on Friday at the festival’s closing ceremony.
Busan 2023 Vision Awards
Fipresci Award
“That Summer’s Lie” Dir. Sohn Hyun-lok.
Netpac Award
“Solids by the Seashore” Dir. Patiparn Boontarig.
LG Oled New Currents Award
“Solids by the Seashore” Dir. Patiparn Boontarig.
LG Oled Vision Award
“The Berefts” Dir. Jeong Beom, Hur Jang.
Dgk Plus M Award (joint winners)
“Work to Do” Dir. Park Hong-jun,
“Isle of Snakes” Dir. Kim Eu-min.
Cgv Award
“Concerning My Daughter” Dir. Lee Mirang.
Kbs Independent Film Award
“House of the Seasons” Dir.
- 10/12/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2023 Busan Film Festival. Netflix releases the film on its streaming platform on Friday, October 27.
Paradise is ever elusive in the work of Bong Joon Ho, no matter what form it might take. That’s true whether it be resolution in “Memories of Murder,” wealth for the Park family of “Parasite,” or even the so-called “calm” that dead animals bring in “Barking Dogs Never Bite.” It’s this search for happiness that typifies the South Korean auteur’s work best, and nowhere is that more evident than in director Bong’s first narrative film: “Looking for Paradise.”
It’s often presumed that “White Man” — a 16mm short released in 1994 — was Bong’s directorial debut, but Netflix’s upcoming documentary, “Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-fi Film Club,” reveals that’s not the case. “Paradise” actually predates it by two entire years and, looking back now,...
Paradise is ever elusive in the work of Bong Joon Ho, no matter what form it might take. That’s true whether it be resolution in “Memories of Murder,” wealth for the Park family of “Parasite,” or even the so-called “calm” that dead animals bring in “Barking Dogs Never Bite.” It’s this search for happiness that typifies the South Korean auteur’s work best, and nowhere is that more evident than in director Bong’s first narrative film: “Looking for Paradise.”
It’s often presumed that “White Man” — a 16mm short released in 1994 — was Bong’s directorial debut, but Netflix’s upcoming documentary, “Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-fi Film Club,” reveals that’s not the case. “Paradise” actually predates it by two entire years and, looking back now,...
- 10/11/2023
- by David Opie
- Indiewire
Netflix has a treat in store for superfans of Korean cinema. The streamer dropped the first trailer Tuesday for the upcoming documentary Yellow Door: 90s Lo-fi Film Club, described as “a cinematic ode to the golden era of Korean cinephilia.” (Watch the trailer below.)
Directed by Lee Hyuk-rae, the new documentary takes viewers back to Seoul in the 1990s, when film clubs were exploding on Korean college campuses, providing young students with a creative outlet and a platform to study the art of cinema. Much of today’s global boom in Korean popular culture can be traced back to this formative, freewheeling period. The country had just emerged from the trauma of the student pro-democracy protests of the 1980s — and their often brutal suppression by the former authoritarian government — but the 1990s became a dawning, carefree era of greater freedom and cultural exploration among the country’s youth.
Yellow Door:...
Directed by Lee Hyuk-rae, the new documentary takes viewers back to Seoul in the 1990s, when film clubs were exploding on Korean college campuses, providing young students with a creative outlet and a platform to study the art of cinema. Much of today’s global boom in Korean popular culture can be traced back to this formative, freewheeling period. The country had just emerged from the trauma of the student pro-democracy protests of the 1980s — and their often brutal suppression by the former authoritarian government — but the 1990s became a dawning, carefree era of greater freedom and cultural exploration among the country’s youth.
Yellow Door:...
- 9/26/2023
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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