motivation of the film
what is this grey gap between me and you?
Korea has developed very rapidly and is still in progress. My grandfather said that he built a house from used boxes from the United States military base located in Korea. My grandparents' generation experienced Japanese colonial rule(1910~1945) and the Korean War(1950~1953). My parents' generation spent their youth during the military regime of 18 years. I spent my childhood in front of the computer, using social media. Each of us has experienced a completely different world. Maybe this is why I always had a question, 'Where am I from?'
I always felt lonely after talking to my parents or grandparents. It was as if there was an invisible, thick, and big wall between us. The values and ideologies we have are so different, that it made it impossible to share our vision.
Meanwhile, I got to know Songrim-dong(place where my grandparents lived) and started asking my mother and maternal grandparents about their life in the place. Their stories are very intertwined with society, politics, and economy. So the more I listened to them, the more I could acknowledge the changes I could not see. I felt like I had found a place that was not on Google Maps.
After doing several interviews with grandparents, three stories kept running through my head as if they were clinging to my hair, stuck in my stomach, and bleached my clothes. So I decided to comb, digest, and color it little by little by making a film.