Go Soo re-teams with Han Hyo-joo for experimental art film

25 January 2, 2014January 1, 2014

Go Soo re-teams with Han Hyo-joo for experimental art film

by javabeans

Go Soo (Empire of Gold) must be on a short film kick: He has already signed on to one co-starring Moon Chae-won called The Day Min-woo Arrives, and now he’s adding another one to his schedule. It’s titled View of Mount Myohyang and he’ll be re-teaming with Han Hyo-joo, with whom he starred in the movie Bandage in 2012.

The project is an art film, and both Go Soo and Han Hyo-joo will be doing the project for free. The short tells the love story between a South Korean artist and a North Korean restaurant worker (Mount Myohyang is a mountain in North Korea). Go Soo is the artist who comes to the restaurant run by North Koreans, and the film explores not only their romance but also a discussion about art through its experimental format, incorporating “theater-like acting,” modern dance, and performance art.

This kind of thing is so completely not my bag (I have long passed the point of trying to “get” art films and have just accepted that I won’t, and I’m really okay with that), but I do think it’s a positive thing to get commercial actors working with creative minds from a different branch of the art world, trying a different take on artistic expression. It’s only a short film so it’s not a huge commitment, but it’s a way to expand one’s horizons and that can’t be bad.

Directing the film are two artists, Moon Kyung-won and Jung Jun-ho; in 2012 they collaborated with Lee Jung-jae and Im Soo-jung in a different project called The Other Side of the World, which was invited to the Documenta exhibition for contemporary art in Kassel, Germany. View of Mount Myohyang will begin filming in February and aims to be screened at various international short film festivals.

Via News1

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Tags: Go Soo, Han Hyo-joo, short films

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1 YBisTOP

January 2, 2014 at 2:58 PM

yay! I loved both of them in Bandage! I can't wait for this one!! :)

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2 coffeenlucia

January 2, 2014 at 3:31 PM

I do agree... art films aren't my thing either, but these two look great together :D

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3 crazedlu

January 2, 2014 at 4:21 PM

^ O_O?

Not my bag either.

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selena meyers

January 2, 2014 at 7:37 PM

"I have long passed the point of trying to “get” art films and have just accepted that I won’t, and I’m really okay with that"

Yep, yep, yep, SO MUCH. I tried hard and I'm done trying. I'm watching dramas and movies that float my boat.

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4 ~Feather~

January 2, 2014 at 4:56 PM

Ooh, artsy films! I think I'll enjoy it. I like to believe that you don't have to "get" it, but just enjoy the ride. Thinking to much won't get you anywhere. :)

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5 brian

January 2, 2014 at 5:03 PM

I wuv Han Hyo Joo :)

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6 miszmuja

January 2, 2014 at 5:33 PM

to be honest, i'm not really looking at the genre/type of the drama or film.. i'm looking at the actor and actresses.. as long as it not horror.. or thriller (like Saw or Final Destination).. wait, did i just pick a genre?? *sigh* i really just did *sigh*

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7 hanie

January 2, 2014 at 5:44 PM

I don't get 'art' film but pretty sure I get drag watching it by my friend. She lovessss art film. Just accompany me to watch horror/psycho-thriller afterwards and we cool. *wink*

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8 kittycat

January 2, 2014 at 5:58 PM

Yay! I loved them in Love 911. I'm so watching this movie!!

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9 Jyyjc

January 2, 2014 at 6:28 PM

Is Han hyo joo a good actress now? I remember watching her in dramas and she was not a good actress and then all of a sudden she's exclusively doing movies like she's a talented movie star. I have not watched any of her movies. Has she grown as an actress?

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Juhina

January 2, 2014 at 6:34 PM

you should see her in Cold Eyes.. she is fantastic in that movie. I also loved her in Brilliant Legacy, one of my all time favorite dramas.

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nova611

January 2, 2014 at 7:00 PM

yeah..cold eyes
not bad...tho im not too sure
the purpose of the movie

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matt

January 8, 2014 at 5:12 AM

purpose of the mv? i guess just a few hav them and lot of them misleading too..
for cold eyes... great police and badass criminal i think... just like many hollywood mv..

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Rach ^^

January 3, 2014 at 5:26 AM

I think Moon Chae Won did better in BL than Han Hyo Joo.

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Hazel

January 3, 2014 at 9:20 PM

Did she? I remember her getting Best Actress at the Blue Dragon Awards for Cold Eyes, and response from international as well as K-netizens was overwhelmingly unenthusiastic.

I haven't seen her in anything yet, so I can't judge, but she seems to usually elicit 'decent/passable-but-not-great'-type comments on her acting; however, I really like her personality on variety shows/interviews.

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nova611

January 2, 2014 at 6:59 PM

i love her in dong yi
& only you (waaahh so ji sub)

i like her in RM (very cute)

so-so for shining inheritance, spring waltz, and iljimae

Overall i love her
even when her acting is not so bad

*extra credit to her that she got THE kiss from jeajung (JYJ) in heavens's postman....sob sob

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lulu

January 3, 2014 at 11:46 PM

I find Han Hyo Joo boring. Although I liked Brilliant Legacy, I don't think it was her acting that made it. Also, I didn't like how she kept saying she didn't like that Lee Seung Gi crushed her nose in the kiss scene in interviews, like he was responsible for the whole thing. How about the director's role or better yet, her - since it takes 2 to kiss.

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matt

January 8, 2014 at 5:14 AM

i love almost all her film...

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10 amber

January 2, 2014 at 6:47 PM

Yeah. I can feel her acting improved a lot in Cold Eyes and one of her fans who think she deserves the blue dragon award.

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11 kanz

January 2, 2014 at 8:20 PM

NK-SK romance is The Theme in kmovies these days. Love Go Soo and Han Hyo Joo. They're smoking hot in Love 911

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12 kimchikay

January 2, 2014 at 10:05 PM

There's thing about Han Hyo Joo....she's not the best actress out there, but not the worst....I usually don't like watching mediocre but for some reason, I always end up watching whatever she's in...I think she just has an endearing quality about her, that almost makes you want to watch her on screen despite not being a stellar actress....

Anyway, I think she has improved over the years - she did good in Bandage, though it was an easy rom com...I have not seen her in Cold Eyes but heard she got accolades so should be good!

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13 eny

January 3, 2014 at 1:10 AM

i saw Han yo jo in Shining inheritance n Dong yi, he's not bad bad not special , may be her charracter in that drama, I like MCW in Shining inheritance n Lee so yoen in Dong yi more than her charracter in that drama

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14 cinthy

January 3, 2014 at 11:23 AM

the are awesome together!!

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15 Ciara

January 3, 2014 at 5:43 PM

I'm not sure that I have ever watched any art films, so I think that this will be a first. Really love Go Soo and Han Hyo Joo together. They are my faves!

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16 myra do

January 5, 2014 at 4:55 PM

Looking forward on this movie, these two are one of the best and the finest ACTOR's of Korea. Glad they're teaming up again. Our sincerest wishes for them both!

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