Lee Chang Dong ponders the ethics of the camera
Director Lee Chang-dong discusses his latest film, Possible Love, which explores the aftermath of mass layoffs and the ethical complexities of filmmaking. The interview touches on his political upbringing in South Korea and his perspective on social themes like labor and class.
Why it matters
Provides insight into the creative process of a globally acclaimed filmmaker and the socio-political context of contemporary Korean cinema.
Lee Chang Dong’s seventh feature film, Possible Love, is inspired by true events from 2009, when a Korean conglomerate fired a third of its staff – 2,600 employees – after which many died by suicide. Possible Love is the latest in a long line of Lee movies that engage with themes of class or labor or religion or compressed modernity, that uniquely Korean affliction, without feeling didactic.
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