Life Is Cool (film)

Life Is Cool

Theatrical poster
Directed by Choi Equan
Choe Seung-won
Produced by Lee Tae-hun
Written by Choi Equan
Starring Kim Su-ro
Kang Sung-jin
Kim Jin-soo
Park Ye-jin
Music by Jang Min-seung
Jeong Jae-il
Cinematography Sin Gyeong-won
Jeong Yeong-sam
Choe Byeong-hun
Edited by Wang Sang-ik
Distributed by CJ Entertainment
Release dates
  • 12 June 2008 (2008-06-12)
Running time
 98 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Box office US$28,100[1]

Life Is Cool (Korean: 그녀는 예뻤다; rr: Geunyeoneun Yeppeotda; lit. "She Was Beautiful") is a 2008 South Korean romance animated film, and is the first rotoscoped film from that country.[2] This film's visual style was influenced from Richard Linklater's two films, Waking Life (2001) and A Scanner Darkly (2006).

Plot

Three thirtysomething best friends—a heartbroken Romeo, a hopeless romantic, and a goofy playboy—meet up for the first time in ten years. However, things get complicated when they all fall for the same woman.

Cast

Production

Life Is Cool was one of four films produced by CJ Entertainment to receive investment from Keyeast, a media contents company co-established by actor Bae Yong-joon.[3] Although actual shooting only lasted for one month, it then took almost two years and 140 artists to complete the rotoscoping, a technique in which animators traced over live action footage frame by frame. Visual effects were created by local production company DNA, who had previously worked on The Animatrix.[2]

Director Choi Equan has said that he was inspired by the Richard Linklater's film Waking Life, and that the film's plot was based on a real-life story of one of his friends.[2]

Release

Life Is Cool was released in South Korea on 12 June 2008. The film accumulated a total of 3,951 admissions at the domestic box office, and grossed US$28,100.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "South Korea Yearly Box Office 2008, #201–300". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
  2. 1 2 3 Lee Hyo-won. "Rotoscoped Film Shows Life in '4D'". The Korea Times, 5 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
  3. ↑ "Top star invests in domestic films". Hancinema, 25 May 2006 (originally published by The Korea Herald). Retrieved 2008-06-29.

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