Die Bad Interview: Ryoo Seung-Wan

Q. Did you plan this film in four parts from the start? A. The script was roughly completed five years ago, and it has been in four parts since then. I didn't have much educational and professional background but thought I could make a short film. That's why I made the first part of this film as a self-financed project. At that time, I was greatly motivated by Quentin Tarantino's films. I later put together money I earned from working as Assistant Director of "Whispering Corridors", loans from friends and my wife, to finally finish filming the remaining parts. I have been a big fan of Jackie Chan's since I was a kid, and I really wanted to become an actor, but because no one wanted me to act in their films, I decided to make one I can act in myself. That is one of the motives behind this film. Q. Why did you film the fourth part in Black & White? A. It was my Director of Photography who came up with the idea to film in black & white. I felt unsure about it at first, but after seeing Matthew Kasovitz's " " , I became confident about filming in black & white. Characters in this film are young people who are unsure about themselves. I thought that shooting in black and white will bring their uncertainty to life. Q. How was the film released in Korea? A.At first, it was screened in an art-related theater on 16mm. The film was a sold-out every day and it was later blown up to 35mm at IMAGICA. It was very well received in the mass media, but I was more nervous than happy at the positive response. Director's Profile: Born in 1973. Directed the short Transmuted Head in 1996. His second short, Rumble (1997), won a prize at the Pusan Short Film Festival. His third work, Our Contemporaries (1999), took the top prize at the Korean Independent Short Film Festival. Completed the feature-length Die Bad, his fourth work (including the two shorts), in 2000.