"Joong-Hoon Park" "Yuna Song" "A MASTERPIECE IN MY LIFE" "Director Kim!" "You want this shot this long?" "Oh, cut!" "Cut!" "How was it?" "How about you, Jin-hee?" " Okay!" " Moving on, prep the next scene!" "Ingi, I gotta go." "No, have lunch with me." "And talk some more." " I have a meeting." " But you came all this way." "My new number." " Oh, yeah?" " Come by." " Good luck." " Thanks for coming." "What's the name of the film again?" "Nowhere to Fuck It's... something." " Who's that?" " A producer." "A producer?" "I haven't seen him around." "Of course not." "Not around here." "He's a real film producer." "Hey!" "What are we, fake?" "It's not that." "That producer and our director are college friends." "Kim's not just any 'B' director." "He's even studied abroad." " Just didn't finish." " He's done some studying, huh?" "But being spacey and all, it doesn't show." "Boy, it's hard to be that way." "Hey, you keep ignoring like this?" "I myself feel terrible to be here." "I know it's not your fault." "But you know it's not my money." "It's loan money we gave your mom." "I'm doing my best to scrounge it up." "I heard you paid back auntie." "The old folks were about to lose their farm." "You think they're the only ones?" "I could lose the family mountain." "At least, you still have your home." "So what?" "You want me to lose that, too?" "Cuz, you're being too hard on me." "Too hard?" "What do you mean?" "After your father passed away..." "Yeah." "What, backing out?" "How can they?" "Tell them to wait." "I'll be right there." "I said, I will." "Tell them to wait a second!" "Anyway, something's come up, so I've gotta go." "But you, take care of it." "It's not like I don't want to pay you back." "I'm working my ass off, too." "When you were abroad, I took care of your mother like a real son." "Just keep that in mind!" "I'm sorry to ask you for this." "Don't mention it." "Just return the favor later." "Of course." "Shall we go?" "I'll buy your dinner in a real nice driver diner out front." "Forget it, buddy." "You're still a lot short, right?" " Myung-jun's stopping by..." " What?" "Myung-jun?" "Didn't you know?" "We're producing his film." "I see." "You must've told him all about me then." "What I'm doing right now." "No, I didn't, buddy." "Thank God." "I'm going." "Don't tell him I was here." "Good film." "See you." "Hey!" "In-gi?" "Oh, hello." "Hey, when did you get back?" "It's been awhile." "Sorry, I have not been in touch." "I heard about your mother." "Did it get resolved?" "Yes, sort of." "So, how have you been?" " I'm working on something small." " What's the project?" " Well... you see, it's..." " Should we talk a little first?" "Oh, should we?" "In-gi, you have some time, right?" "Yes, but you must be busy." "Not much, wait a bit." " Hello." " Is Mr. Min in?" "He's meeting the director right now." " Shall I tell him you're here?" " No, I'll wait." "Then please take a seat." "Thank you." "So that's the bottom line?" "Of course, personally, I think the script's good right now." "But the problem is... it's not a good time to make it right now." "The problem's not the timing but its commercial value, I bet." "Let me ask you this, Min." "Do you think my script has any commercial potential?" "No." "I'm a big fan of yours." "In the recent blockbuster martial arts film, wow..." "Can I get your autograph here?" " Your name is?" " It's In-gi Kim." "You shot a fire film, fighting fire, right?" "Libera Me, it was a great film." "I was in another fire film." "Oh, right... "Siren."" "So what are you going to do now?" "Well, once I finish the video I'm doing," "I plan to make a real film." "What kind of film do you want to make?" "One that keeps its clothes on." "And the script?" "I don't have one yet..." "You don't have one written?" "I don't have any writing talent." "Every night, I think this today, that tomorrow." "I see them in my dreams..." "but when I wake up in the morning, ...they don't make sense even to me." "Still, you can't go on like that forever." "Actually, there is one I want to make." "But I have trouble sorting it out." "It'd be nice to write well and make good films like you." "But I have a long way to go." "I was just lucky." "People helped me a lot, too." "If you can't write it yourself, why don't you get a writer?" "All the writers I know major in erotica." "Oh, that's right." "You don't know the right writer..." "I know someone good." "There was a real good writer I worked with." "If the writer agrees, I think it would be helpful." "Why?" "You don't want to?" "No, it's not that." "If I use a writer I'd have to compensate in some way." "Hey, don't worry, leave that to me." "I haven't been much help to you." " Bro..." " Hey, I haven't heard your story yet." "If it's some nonsense comic like story forget about the writer or anything." "How'd you know?" "The idea's from a comic." " Really?" " Yeah." "Director Kim!" "Oh, thanks." "Something good happened?" "What?" "You're smiling for no reason." "Oh, right." "Director Kim, do you have any siblings?" "Me?" "Shall I guess?" "You're an only child." "You went abroad for some time, too, right?" "Somewhere in America." " Wow, how'd you know?" " Am I right?" "That's amazing." "How'd you guess all that?" "One second..." " Director Kim." " Yes?" "May I ask you something?" "Sure." "Which do you like better, me with clothes on or off?" "Boss, what kind of title is this?" "What's wrong with it?" "There's a limit to imitation." "This is going overboard." "What do you mean, overboard?" ""Hard Candy" It's great." "Peppermint Candy is a film portraying the hardships of an era." "Dammit!" "I died because of you!" "What are you doing right now?" "What do you think?" "I'm playing a game." "The title stays. "HARD Candy."" "I'm telling you it's too much, boss." "Did you finish reading it?" "Doesn't matter, your stories are predictable." "You haven't even finished it." "Boss, but..." "The story is about one woman's sex history from her 20s to her 40s." "The film style is incredible." "You know what a flashback is?" "In any case, I won't do it." "I spent 2 days wracking my brain." "You won't do it?" "I won't." "Huh." "Well, listen carefully." "The heroine goes through many jobs, having sex with many men." "But she can't forget the factory boy she slept with when she was a factory girl." "He was the hottest lover, you see." "Well, one day, he falls ill and is dying." "He wants to see her again so he sends his wife to find her." "Oh, so she ends up going to the hospital." "She suddenly remembers, in the past, after they had sex in the back room, ...they'd always share peppermint candy." "She buys a bag of peppermints and goes to the hospital." "It's sad, right?" "Anyway, back to the story." "In the end, she suddenly runs into a highway." "In front of a speeding truck, ...she opens her arms wide, like this." "I wanna do it over again!" "Got it?" "Excuse me, a pack of cigarettes, please?" "Sure." "A dollar, please." "Well... are you Director Kim?" "I thought Myung-jun was coming, too." "He couldn't make it." "He told me to tell you he was sorry." "I see." "This is the heroine." "This is the hero." "She's the daughter of a circus ringmaster." "And he's just a clown who brings in the crowd." "Of course, our hero loves our heroine." "Wouldn't it be wonderful if they could become one" "Like this melting sugar?" "But the problem lies here." "Unfortunately, she's in love with another." "Stupid girl..." "You don't know anything..." "Excuse me?" "The heroine." "She doesn't know the truth." "I see." "It's a circus film, right?" "What you've said..." "Oh, you catch on quick." "It is a circus film." " I see." " Then I'll continue..." "Director Kim!" "What are you doing here, Jin-hee?" "I live around here." "Just 2 stops away." "Really?" "I live in the library alley, by this police station." "I know." "I knew for a long time." "But you didn't know I lived nearby, right?" "Hmph, you have no interest in me." " Are you done editing?" " Yes." "Then you must be preparing your next project." "You and I are both under contract." "We have no choice in the matter." "I'm not under contract." "Don't you have to do more films?" "Anyway, I guess I'll see you on the next one." "I've had a little to drink..." "Did you have something to celebrate?" "Celebrate?" "You're wrong." "I drank because life sucks." "Director Kim, won't you buy me a drink?" "I think you've had a lot already." "You're right." "But it's good for you, no?" "What?" "Men like it when I drink a lot." "And they want me to get drunk before them." "Why is that?" "I know that you're not like that." "Well, Jin-hee..." "Okay." "I don't like being like this, drunk." "But you have to treat me next time." "Sure." "You want a cab?" "No." "I just want to walk tonight." "You're lucky." "You're pretty and you write well." "When you say that, you know it becomes a lie." "When the prettiest actress says I'm pretty, who'd believe it?" "Not true." "Even from a female perspective, you are how can I put it, very elegant." "That's why I like you." "When the publishers first mentioned a writer, I wasn't too thrilled." "But after I met you and read your work," "I had a good feeling." "In reality, the book's under my name but it's really all you." "I just sort things out." "Nothing more." " Then should we call it a day?" " Yes!" "In any case, next time, I'll clear my schedule and just focus on this." "I really have a lot to say about Korean film." "Yeo-kyung, what about putting in one of my films?" "That's okay, right?" "Well, it's not easy talking about your own films." "But for me, rather than the developing story, the emotion of the moment..." "Actress Maggie Cheung was especially good..." "Now what?" " She's not only pretty..." " What?" "She's not just pretty..." "There you go again." "She's smart." "How could one be so smart?" "In-gi, there're 3 drinks." "Water, barley tea, and bottled water." "Which one?" "It's all the same water." "Anything." "Barley tea?" "Bottled water?" "Damn, dude." "What's so complicated?" "Well, bottled water's good." "Bring everything, even tap water." "You know what I wanted to be as a kid?" " A novelist." " You do know." "But under the pain of grating bone, I had to give it up." "Why?" "You're scaring the baby." "My, my..." "Right, I bought something for our Yoon- hee." "Yoon- hee, uncle brought you something." "Hello, how do you do." "You know, I have no writing talent." "Only that?" "I always blamed the heavens." "Why can't I write?" "But today, I learned why." "It was because of her." "To have me meet her." "I told Writer Kang." "If you will only help me," "I'll make the most beautiful and pure movie the world has seen." "That's right." "Shove in." "No, harder!" "More..." "Grab it harder!" "Harder!" "Harder!" "Dammit, cut!" "You swimming out there?" "Is that the best your naked ass can do?" " Grab it hard!" "It won't explode." " Assistant Director." " Yes." " A robe for Jin-hee." " Wardrobe!" " Yes." " Hey, boss' nephew!" " Yes." "Don't be so sloppy." "Do it naturally, relax, let it flow..." "I'm sorry." "I just have no experience..." "I know you have no acting experience." "So do it naturally, the way you do it." "Assistant Director!" " Yes!" " Show him once." "Don't be so tense like this." "Rock back and forth, with the flow and at the important moment..." "Actually, I really don't have any experience..." "What?" "Oh, you're early." "Did you eat?" "Yes." "I did." "Have some." "That's okay." "I had some soup at the driver's diner." "I even had an extra bowl of rice." "Please enjoy." "But no drink?" "Oh, that's right." "I'll have some water later." "No." "I'll buy you a drink." "Oh, what would you like?" " Then... milk." "Milk!" "There are many flavors." "First, there's strawberry milk." "And coffee, chocolate, vanilla, and regular milk." " What would you like?" " Well, then I'd like banana milk." "Really?" "We're on the same wavelength." "I like banana best, too." "Then... now you call me out every night?" "You're driving me crazy." "Dude, I leave at the crack of dawn for the concert tour." "Hey!" "You're gonna talk about her again, right?" "Of course I am." "Hey, that's mine." " Doesn't matter." " Bastard, that's mine!" "Scrooge." "You want me to spit it out?" "Man, have you heard of discipline?" "Hey, that last video, how many copies did you sell?" "Don't ask, man." "Oh, you big baby." "Alright." "I'll order another dish." "So you have 3 left to shoot?" "No, I shot another one a few days ago." "Pretty quick." "I only saw that one." ""Gimme you, I'll be the hottest"" "I'll buy next time." "One dollar." "Please buy one." "No thanks." "I can't eat sweets." "I'm sorry." "Let me do some work here." "I jotted down stuff that I remember." "It probably won't help much." "I feel like I'm correcting homework." "Director Kim, sometimes I cross the line, right?" "You don't have the right to say that." "Excuse me?" "I'm the one who's really sorry." "I'm not really doing anything." "After work, I do try to write." "But when I open my eyes, it's always morning." "What is it you do?" "What?" "Part- time work..." "It's..." "It's visual work..." "On the mystery of the human body." "So it's sort of like a program..." "Where's your seat?" "What?" "This is my seat." "Oh, I see." "The material you brought, it'll be a big help." "I've never actually seen a circus." "You haven't seen one yet?" "All that I've seen was on TV, during the holidays." "Do you have some time today?" "I know where there is one." "Excuse me, where did the circus here go?" "It's gone nowhere." "They've gone bankrupt." "Bankrupt!" "She says they're ruined." "I'm sorry." " I can see it now." " What?" "There's a magnificent circus stage over there." "Look!" "A splendid circus full of wondrous feats is right in front of our eyes." "It's truly a circus performance at the height of its popularity." "Our heroine, the ringmaster's daughter, has just started her aerial performance." "She and the man she loves are one team." "Her happiness is boundless." "And now, the man, the greatest trapeze artist, goes to cross the empty air, ...the show reaching its climax." "Among the enraptured crowd, watching them with envy is the clown." "He truly loves our heroine." "But..." "During the clown's lonely performance..." "That's where the first scene ends." "What do you think?" "It's good." "Really?" "Yes." "Especially the clown who does his best even though he's not in the spotlight." "I think this project will be fun..." "and easier to write than I thought." "The heroine character is also interesting." "What do you think about her?" "I think it would be good if her dream... was to become a ballerina." "Oh... ballerina." " But Director Kim." " Yes." "What kind of man is she's in love with?" "He deserts the circus and leaves for his advancement." "But I'd like it if he weren't too mean or heartless." "Everyone has pain that no one knows about." "Then what happens to him?" "He knows all too well that there's no future in that small circus." "So he joins another circus where he unfolds new, ...elaborate stunts that are contemporary." "But the problem is the old circus with the clown." "Their situation is growing harder." "Before, they had the master aerialist, ...but now there is no one who can grab the audience." "So that's why our hero is worried." "He wants to help out the circus that he loves." "But he only has the talent to make people laugh." "He's frustrated and in agony." "So that's why he goes to the stream." "To the stream that gives our hero strength... whenever he's tired or troubled." "That's good." "Really." "But no matter how hard I try, ... I'm worried because I can't picture that stream very well." "It's the most important place in our film." "I think I need to go there once." "It's not easy to find." "Still, I need to go." "Tell me where it is." "I'll try finding it." "In that case..." "will you go with me?" "The transportation is not good so you need a car." "You don't think... there will be nothing there again?" "What?" "What did this buddy say to bring you here?" " Just..." " What are you trying to say now?" "Tell me, did he hesitate much?" "He tries to speak but he hesitates." "Or he seems to say something but stops." " Like when Conan met Nana..." " Oh?" "You know that cartoon?" "Then you like the cartoon, "Candy?"" "Of course." "When I'm sad or lonely, I won't cry." "I'll hold it in, hold it in." "Why cry?" ""Dog From Flanders" was also very sad." "Nero carried milk jars on a cart with Patraschu with dreams of being a painter." "Then... who was that person?" "The girl wearing a bandana." " Aroa?" " Wow, you remember." "The kind woman moves away." "His grandfather dies." "In the end, he dies in front of Rubens' painting," "Ascension of Mary." "I still remember that scene." "Oh, I'm talking nonsense." "No, that's really great." "Shall we have a drink?" "Excuse me, can I get some chopsticks?" "Oh, give it here." "I'll..." "Hey guys, wait a minute, one wish each..." "One present a day from Wind Boy." "Sand Fairy, Wind Boy, the children's friend..." "Kapi kapi, lum lum." "Wish comes true!" " "Sand Fairy, Wind Boy..."" " Why don't they have that song?" "Hey!" " You're here." " Did you get it?" "Yes." "Thanks." "This is my brother-in-law's car." " Please be careful with it." " I will." "Oh, and he doesn't smoke." "So please don't smoke in the car." "Gotcha." "The car's okay, right?" "Of course!" " It's uncomfortable, right?" " I'm fine." "Oh, that's a relief." "The car's a little old but it's sturdier than it looks." "Normally, I don't drive the car around." "It's frustrating to drive in Seoul." " Are you Roman Catholic?" " No." "Why do you ask?" "There's a Holy Mother statue hanging." "Oh, this." "It was pretty so..." "The sun's quite strong." "In case, you got hungry..." "It's a little warm, being in my pocket awhile." "I didn't think to bring anything." "Director Kim!" "Look..." " Could you try the engine once?" " Okay." "What do you think?" "Well, I'm not sure." "I'm a blank when it comes to mechanics." "This is bad." "Director Kim, your lighter for a second..." " Can you shine it here?" " Sure." " We can't do anything right now..." " What?" "The batteries seem dead." "I think it got discharged when we had the headlights on with the engine off." "The car hasn't been serviced in a while." "There are a lot of parts that need to be replaced." "How do you know all that?" "My brother used to run a car center." "I picked up some stuff by watching." "Yeo-kyung, you're really..." " That's nice." " What?" "Yeo-kyung." "It's nice to hear you say my name." "Please keep doing so." "Shall I...?" "Okay." "But what are we going to do about this?" "Well, I don't think there's a car center here in the mountains." "We'll have to call someone in the morning." "Let's go." "Don't worry." "Actually, it's not my car." "I..." "I had a hunch." "When I saw the picture of the mother and child in the car earlier." "Then I have something else to confess." "My part- time job, the mystery of body, whatever... it's really erotic video." "I thought you'd be disappointed if I told you." "I'm sorry." "Is that something to be sorry about?" "You don't do it because you want to." "I've seen one of your videos, too." "Oh, Myung-jun!" "Damn, I told him never to tell!" "But once the contract is up, I'm never gonna do it again." "Really." "I can promise that." "Promise." "The cushion's..." "Why is it so dark?" "It's not on." "It's time for "Golden Oldies."" " Well..." " Well..." "Go ahead." " No, you go ahead..." " You first." "Okay, then..." "do you want to wash first?" "Yes, I'll go wash." " Do you want to have a drink?" " You don't drink much." "With the fresh air here, I can have a drink or two." "Then what shall we drink?" "They're many kinds of alcohol." "Well, there are whisky, cognac, wine, and beer." "What would you like?" " Beer sounds good." " Beer?" "Okay then." " May I come in for a second?" " Yes." "Beer... money..." "Actually, there's something I haven't told you." "I write 3, 4 books a year." "But they all go out under someone else's name." "That's right." "A ghostwriter." "I started doing it to support myself." "But I still haven't been able to break free." "I tell myself I shouldn't..." "shouldn't do this but..." "I've done a lot of thinking through meeting you." "Watching your high spirits under hardships..." "This book I'm working on is my last." "I've been working on some short stories I wrote before." "I need your permission for one of them..." "It's almost a non-fiction story." "How'd you like it?" "You're strange, giving me half a script." "It's not like a to be continued TV show." " How was it?" " Part 1 seems okay, has tension..." "You want to know what's next, right?" "You only gave me half to see my reaction, huh?" "No." "We don't know the ending yet." "But a remarkable idea came up!" " You or Yeo-kyung?" " Of course, me." "Forget it, then." "What's up, you staying?" "Okay, okay." "Tell me." "Go ahead." "So the hero ponders how to save the circus." "Suddenly, he decides on the only thing he can do." "So he starts making something..." "One day, the ringmaster gets sick and dies." "His last words, save the circus..." "The trapeze artist has left, the ringmaster has died..." "The circus falls into a deep crisis." "But the day our hero finishes his project, ...he attempts a dangerous stunt, something no one has done before." "Finally, the day of reckoning." "Don't do it for me." "I don't care what happens to the circus..." "It does to me." "Your father, our performers... and you!" "It's my whole life..." "Sparks!" "Sparks are flying!" "Finally, the moment of destiny has come!" "5!" "4!" "3!" "2!" "1 !" "There he goes!" "Huh?" "Where did he go?" "It's a misfire!" "A misfire!" "In the end, our hero is black like a lump of coal, passed out from the misfire." "Oh, I see." "But you, can't you pick a better title?" "What is that?" ""Fly, Human Cannonball." You shooting a cartoon?" " That's why I've changed it." " Yeah?" "Human Cannonball of Death." "Awesome, isn't it?" "Don't bring everything down to your level." "Today's audience, they're all at a higher level than you." " Excuse me?" " Yes?" " Where can I find art books?" " Art books?" "Go up to the second floor." "At the end, on the right." " Take a look there." " Thank you." "Oh, Jin-hee!" "What brings you here?" "You said that you'd buy me a drink sometime, right?" "What?" "Oh, yes!" "Would you like a drink?" "There's a tent bar round the corner..." "No..." "No?" "Then, would you like some coffee?" "That's okay, Director Kim." "Well..." "I'll just be going." " Director Kim!" " Yes?" "When I left you last time, I suddenly thought of this." "'ln the end, the words remain in my heart, unuttered...'" "The only poet that I know is So- wol Kim." "It's a line from his poem." "It's strange but I'm reminded of that line again today." "'ln the end, the words remain in my heart, unuttered...'" "Funny, huh?" "I..." "Jin-hee!" "They are both pretty." "With or without clothes, you are equally beautiful." "I ran into Ara in the U.S. Last time." "So I scouted her." "The U.S.?" "When did you go to the U.S.?" "I went golfing with my friends last month." "Wasn't that Guam?" "Hey, don't you know Guam's an American territory?" "Sweetie, you have to use me in 'You-pay-less.'" "'You-pay-less'?" "Do you only use your head when you dye your hair?" "'Eurail Pass.' How many times have I told you?" "As long as you get the point." "When are you going to Europe?" "No, no." "It's a future project." "'Erotic Eurail Pass.'" "I'm the lead in that, right?" "Let's see how you do in this one." "What?" "You're switching leads?" "A new actor is fine but I work well with Jin-hee." " She won't do it." " With me?" " No, she's quitting film." " Wasn't she under contract?" "Her contract's up this month." "Then is she going to another company?" "She says she's going to Japan." "To study." "The chick's pretty full of herself." "You work hard to nurture some young talent and they think their success is all them..." "So that's why..." "While we're on the subject, you need to make some more films, you and I." "'Erotic Eurail Pass' is an international project I'm betting everything on." "There's a fierce struggle of the fittest in this field, right now." "So what I'm saying is our company is preparing a film to be shot abroad, extra special." "Not interested." "Even if I wanted to, I can't." "There's something I have to do." "Well, then..." "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hello?" "Hi, sweetie." "I'm at a film company right now." "Yeah, I'm an actress now." "Really!" "Cut!" "Ara!" "You can't look at the camera!" "And you keep turning your body." "We're catching your cover" "So..." " Assistant Director!" "Fix the cover!" " Yes!" "It keeps falling off cause of the water." "It's bothersome, can't we just shoot without it?" "What are you doing, not eating?" "What's this?" "Oh, a script." "Is it done?" "Is it good?" "The director who wrote it is very wacky..." "Didn't you write it?" "The guy who came that night is the director, right?" "No wonder, he seemed different from us." "Why?" "What's he like?" "From first glance, I had a strong feeling, this guy isn't your average Joe." "Director Kim!" "Finally, everything is resolved." "Do you know what this is?" "Could it be a hidden land deed..." "Wouldn't that be great?" "What this is, is a script." "A script." "Just relax, it's as good as a land deed." " What do you think?" " Pretty good." "Really?" "The characters are well thought out." "The drama works." "But..." "Well..." "It won't be easy to direct." "Right." "I think so, too." "But since I've developed it for a long time..." "Of course, it's the same for all films." "But for this one especially, the directing can kill or make the film." "Absolutely." "Anyway, our company wants to give it a shot." "Really?" "Thanks." "Thanks so much." "But..." "We'd like to just buy the script." "Just the script." "What are you saying?" "We'll pay you as much as you want." "Are you telling me right now, I can't direct this?" "Please tell me." "Is that what you think, too?" "So Min wasn't the only one who thought so." "Then I'll ask you one more thing." "Introducing me to Yeo-kyung..." "Was it to do this?" "No, that wasn't it." "Till now, I believed you understood me better than anyone else." "But whatever happens, I'll make this with my own hands." "I can't give this to you." "Because this isn't just mine..." "In-gi, get up." "Let's go." "It's late." "What cha mean?" "We need another drink." "You're really drunk." "You've already had three and half glasses." "I'm fine." "One more shot and we'll go." "You, you're laughing at me, too, right?" "Myung-jun..." "How could he..." "I will make it." "Wait and see." "I'll make the world's greatest movie." "And I'll make lots of money, pay back all my mom's debts!" "All my mom's debts..." "Jin-won, what do you think of this scene?" "The hero is also having a hard time." "But he never gives up." "There was hope for him." "Although it's only a slim strand of hope but..." "That's why..." "I'm adding this after scene 92..." "The hero... goes to the stream." "It's hard but..." "The hero doesn't give up hope." "He makes up his mind to start again, again..." "Yeo-kyung, I'm so sorry." "I forgot I had a prior commitment." "I know I should have called earlier." "Let's at least have a refreshing drink." " Would you like some juice?" " Yes." "You must like this painter." "What?" "Oh, that." "I had a devil of a time finding that." "It's not sold here so my manager ordered it from abroad." "It's a present for someone who likes this painter." "I see..." "All things aside, I'm In-gi's friend and would like to help him." "But I can't help but agree with everyone else." "There's no one who'll back a director who's only shot a few erotic videos." "I love films, too." "I have my dreams." "If I jumped into this just to make some money," "I wouldn't even have started." "Of course, I know how much this script means to In-gi." "You know very well," "I didn't set out to make things hard for him." "Are you asking me to persuade him right now?" "I can't say anything to him." "Because that work belongs to him." "The phone, please..." "Press 9 and dial." "Wow, great body!" "Who is she?" "Her name's Jin-hee." "She was big in erotic films for awhile but I don't see much of her recently." " You know a lot." "Must see a lot of erotic videos." " Not so much." "I have some interest." "Surprise!" "I have something to say." "I've changed the ending." "How?" "I'd like to end our film, not like a cartoon but like a fairy tale..." "a sad fairy tale." "The human cannonball is okay, too." "But it lays too much on luck." "The trapeze artist uses a motorcycle but our hero is challenging human limits by his pure efforts." "So I think it'd be good if we end it with him attempting an aerial flip." "No?" "Yes, I agree." "It's good." "Our hero, the clown becomes partners with the woman he loves, doing trapeze." "He must be happy." "To hold her hand every day..." "Numerous times a day at that..." "Wow, that's exactly it." "After painful efforts, he finally does an aerial flip." "You know, like a complex technique." "Aerial reverse flip?" "3 times, to boot." "But does our hero have to succeed?" "I don't know." "You have to decide that." "Even if he fails," "I don't want him to be robbed of everything, even the smallest hope." "Director Kim, then..." "our heroine who should she love?" "Well?" "You'll have to decide that." "I'd like to go there again." "It seems to bring comfort." "Where?" "Where we went last time." "The stream with the fireflies." "If you happen to go there again, would it be okay if I took you?" "The transportation is not good so you need to take a car." "Let's decide on a day right now." "How about next lunar July 7th?" "You busy?" "It's easy to remember." "Of course, by that time, I'll probably be busy but I'll go with you." "But isn't the sky supposed to cry on that day?" "Is it?" "Well, I don't know if my schedule will be free then." "Now you crawl home." "Life is good!" "Cuz, what are you doing here?" "Honey, hurry and squeeze it out of him." "He's definitely stashed away some money." "Why are you doing this?" "I said I'd take care of it somehow." "Take care of it?" "Young fella, learning how to scam." "Hey." "I'm just about to get kicked out onto the streets." "Your mom must've taken off with some money." "So call and tell her to bring it over right now!" "I tell you those in debt live better these days." "Till she brings the money, let's crash here." "We're about to lose the house, everything, so it works out!" "Script, my script..." "Look, you brat, we're about to hit bottom and all you can think about is these scraps of paper?" "Their sudden marriage announcement created a commotion at the press conference." "Reporters fiercely competed for details." "But they look good together, don't they?" "Hello?" "Oh, hello." "Yes... it's okay." "Yes?" "No..." "Yes, I know it." "I went there once with Myung-jun before." "Yes?" "Right now?" "I didn't know you could drink so much." "You've already emptied a bottle..." " Oh, shall I tell you a funny joke?" " Yeah?" "What kind of..." "It's a spelling joke!" "But say the first 2 letters together." "With the word, "Rum" Go." "R. U." "Are you..." " M!" " mm!" "Oh..." "Now you tell me one." " Me?" "What do you..." " A funny story!" " If I knew any..." " Come on, tell me!" "Okay..." "I saw it in a movie." "The title..." "Anyway, there was this dialogue in it." "A man was walking when he saw a nun." "He starts beating her." "And she faints." "After he's done, he shakes his finger at her and says "Batman ain't so tough." Or something..." "Director Kim!" "You've been holding out!" "Acting so serious all this time when underneath you're a funny man!" "Cheers!" " Are you okay?" " What?" "What do you mean?" "You've had a lot to drink." "Oh, it's empty!" "Let's order one more bottle." "Excuse me, one more soju, please." "I may be able to set a drinking record today." "Is there something on my face again?" "No." "I'll pour..." "Thank you." "Can I tell you another funny story?" "Of course." "You're a very nice person." "You're open to whatever I say..." "Whenever we meet, I think, ...there are people who live such pure and modest lives." "There are people who live so genuinely..." "Not so much genuinely, more like simply." "Hey..." "Oh, I was going to tell you a story..." " Can I?" " Yes." "This is about a pathetic, silly woman I know." "The woman, well, she loved someone." "So this is her." "This is him." "But this woman was never able to tell the man about her feelings, not once." "Why?" "The woman didn't have any faith in herself." "She was scared that a shabby, silly woman ...like herself didn't deserve to love anyone." "Who is she?" "That person..." "Someone I know well." "But something got into her head and she wrote him a letter." "To the man!" "The letter started something like this." "To you my beloved who won't come to me..." "I didn't know I'd write you this letter." "A hopeless wish that won't be sent..." "A little childish, right?" "The letter goes on." "The first moment I saw you in a bright beige sweater smiling widely," "I can't remember anything I said to you." "The time I spent under the spell of love." "I was caught in the passion you hold for life." "When I see clothes displayed in a store, ...my heart races, wondering if they suit you." "I yearned to know everything about you." "Your dreams, your love, and your future..." "Standing at the end of the hallway, throwing me a warm smile..." "From then, whenever I walked down the hallway," "I got in the habit of checking that spot which you were standing." "I was happy." "I always thanked God for meeting you." "But..." "I never knew how painful it would be to love someone silently." "To watch you from a distance helplessly..." "I wandered a long time to find that painter's book you wanted to have." "To give you an unexpected happiness..." "I know the woman you love." "She's without any shadows." "Bright, polished and beautiful." "But tears fell without any reason." "Like a fool..." "I just wanted to be by your side." "I just wanted to watch you from your side..." "Ladies and gentlemen!" "Finally, the historical moment, the world's greatest stunt is here!" "The incomparable, fantastic stunt, the triple aerial flip!" "Without any safety device, this absolute, dangerous stunt will be attempted right before your eyes!" "Now let us see!" "The reaction's really good." "You look nervous." "Thinking of In-gi?" "Look." "One little, two little, three little Indians..." "Four little, five little, six, little Indians..." "Seven little, eight little, nine little Indians, ...ten little Indian boys." "Gaze Upon This One" " Did you see the film?" " Not yet." "I left the kid at the in-laws and rushed to see it with the wife but it was all sold-out." "It's a madhouse right now." "That film." "Did you call Yeo-kyung?" "Should we call her right now?" "You didn't know her book came out, right?" "Among her short stories, there was one about an unknown director." "He's not successful and yet, above everything, his life is beautiful." "Something very moving about that story." "You tired?" "You wanna go rest?" "No, all I did on the plane was sleep." "Here, let's have a drink." "Listen, the hero of this film is a retired walker." "You know walking athlete?" "But whenever he competes, he comes in second." "So he thinks I'm hopeless..." "and was devastated." "Ha, doesn't it touch you already?" "This film's perfect for actor, Hyun-june Shin." "I personally know him very well." "And he was in "Siren."" "He's a real good actor." "Anyway, if we just make this, it'll be a melting-pot of emotion."