White (film)

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Movie
Original title Hwaiteu: Jeojuui Mellodi ( 화이트: 저주 의 멜로디 )
Country of production Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea
original language Korean
Publishing year 2011
length 106 minutes
Rod
Director Kim Gok ,
Kim Sun
script Kim Gok,
Kim Sun
occupation

White is a South Korean mystery film from the year 2011. was directed by the brothers Kim Gok and Kim Sun . The film opened in South Korean cinemas on June 9, 2011 and had 770,858 visitors.

action

The four-member girl group Pink Dolls want to become famous. In the office of the talent agency of the K-Pop group, Eun-ju finds an old video cassette . The song on the video is dark and gritty, but also fascinating. The group performs the song and becomes successful as a result. All members then try to lead the group. From then on, strange things happen. Since Eun-ju believes it has something to do with the music video, she is investigating the case. The girl chosen by the agency to be the lead singer is suddenly involved in an accident and seriously injured. But the other girls happens to like: Je-ni suffered an overdose and commits a suicide attempt by hanging, A-rangs plastic surgery goes wrong and Sin-ji "falls" from a crane.

Since only Eun-ju is left, the talent agency comes up with a new concept and from then on she appears solo as White and becomes very popular. When Je-ni, A-rang and Sin-ji host a music show after their recovery, they suddenly start drinking detergent during the show and commit suicide. Later, White is attacked by a ghost during a TV appearance and dies.

background

White is the first commercial feature film directed by Kim Gok and Kim Sun, previously known as independent directors. Junho from boy band 2PM has a guest appearance as a presenter, while After School has a cameo appearance as girl group Pure .

reception

Todd Rigney from BeyondHollywood.com rated it very positively and compared it to the Japanese horror film Ringu . The film does not change the genre, but it is very entertaining and exciting. The film show an insight into the South Korean Idol Pop -Industry and makes this exaggerated negative. According molodezhnaja.ch iris White an in-depth analysis and was instead a simple horror film. The story is therefore not original, but the performance of the actresses is good.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nigel D'Sa: Independent directing duo Kim Gok and Kim Sun are in production on their first commercial project. In: HanCinema. KOFIC, April 11, 2011, accessed March 3, 2012 .
  2. ↑ 2PM 준호 · 애프터 스쿨, 영화 '화이트' 카메오 출연. In: Nate. May 24, 2011, Retrieved March 3, 2012 (Korean).
  3. ^ Todd Rigney: White: Curse of the Melody (2011) Movie Review. (No longer available online.) In: BeyondHollywood.com. September 23, 2011, archived from the original on September 25, 2011 ; accessed on March 4, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.beyondhollywood.com
  4. ^ Movie Review: WHITE Melody of Death. In: Allkpop . June 11, 2011, accessed March 4, 2012 .
  5. ↑ White: Melody of Death. In: molodezhnaja.ch. Retrieved March 4, 2012 .