Life is Cool
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Life is Cool is a 2008 South Korean romance
animated film
, and is the first rotoscoped film from that country. This film's visual style was influenced from Richard Linklater
's two films, Waking Life
(2001) and A Scanner Darkly
(2006). The film's original Korean
title translates as "She Was Beautiful".
to receive investment from Keyeast, a media contents company co-established by actor Bae Yong-joon. 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
.
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.
28,100.
Romance film
Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
animated film
Korean animation
The art of Korean animation, or Han-guk Manhwa Aenimeisyeon , has gone from hand-held flip books in early times to studios that produce most of the work for major American and Japanese animation companies...
, and is the first rotoscoped film from that country. This film's visual style was influenced from Richard Linklater
Richard Linklater
-Early life:Linklater was born in Houston, Texas. He studied at Sam Houston State University and left midway through his stint in college to work on an off-shore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. While working on the rig he read a lot of literature, but on land he developed a love of film through...
's two films, Waking Life
Waking Life
Waking Life is an American animated film , directed by Richard Linklater and released in 2001. The entire film was shot using digital video and then a team of artists using computers drew stylized lines and colors over each frame.The film focuses on the nature of dreams, consciousness, and...
(2001) and A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly (film)
A Scanner Darkly is a 2006 science fiction thriller directed by Richard Linklater based on the novel of the same name by Philip K. Dick. The film tells the story of identity and deception in a near-future dystopia constantly under intrusive high-technology police surveillance in the midst of a drug...
(2006). The film's original Korean
Korean language
Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
title translates as "She Was Beautiful".
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
- Kim Soo-Ro ... Baek Il-kwon
- Kang Seong-jin ... Kim Tae-yeong
- Kim Jin-soo ... Seong-hoon
- Park Ye-jinPark Ye-jinPark Ye-jin is a South Korean actress. Park made her acting debut in the movie Memento Mori and was able to build her career as an intelligent and elegant actress. She had this fixed image of her until she became part of a variety show, Family Outing...
... Kang Yeon-woo - Kim Roi-ha ... Basketball manager
- Lee Won ... Samsung scouter
- David Joseph Anselmo ... Foreign Professor
- Goo Bon-im ... Barbershop woman
- Kim Choon-gi ... University adulterer
- Yeo Ji ... High school girl
- Yoon Joo-hee ... Joo-hee
- Jo Yeong-gyoo ... Policeman
- Park Jin-taek ... Naked man
- Park Yoo-mil ... Pregnant woman
- Lee Sang-hong ... Tango gangster
Production
Life is Cool was one of four films produced by CJ EntertainmentCJ Entertainment
CJ Entertainment is a South Korean entertainment company which is involved in film production, investment, distribution and exhibition. It is the largest entertainment company in South Korea...
to receive investment from Keyeast, a media contents company co-established by actor Bae Yong-joon. 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
The Animatrix
is a 2003 direct-to-video anthology film based on The Matrix trilogy. The film is a compilation of nine animated short films.-Production:Development of the Animatrix project began when the film series' writers and directors, the Wachowski brothers, were in Japan promoting the first Matrix film...
.
Director Choi Equan has said that he was inspired by the Richard Linklater
Richard Linklater
-Early life:Linklater was born in Houston, Texas. He studied at Sam Houston State University and left midway through his stint in college to work on an off-shore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. While working on the rig he read a lot of literature, but on land he developed a love of film through...
's film Waking Life
Waking Life
Waking Life is an American animated film , directed by Richard Linklater and released in 2001. The entire film was shot using digital video and then a team of artists using computers drew stylized lines and colors over each frame.The film focuses on the nature of dreams, consciousness, and...
, and that the film's plot was based on a real life story of one of his friends.
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$United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
28,100.
External links
- Life is Cool at AnimationInsider.net