Save the Green Planet!
Relentless Invention: New Korean Cinema, 1996–2003
November 22 - December 12, 2019
A hyperactive jolt of anarchic adrenaline, this mind-bending mash-up of sci-fi, horror, and psychological drama plunges headlong into the mind of a possibly deranged young man who believes he must save the world from an alien invasion—with alternately shocking and heartrending results.
A hyperactive jolt of anarchic adrenaline, this mind-bending mash-up of sci-fi, horror, and psychological drama careens from darkly funny to shocking to heartbreaking with whiplash-inducing bravura. Convinced that evil aliens are infiltrating Earth in the guise of human beings, a possibly deranged amateur ufologist (Shin Ha-kyun) kidnaps a powerful businessman (Baek Yoon-sik) in hopes of exposing him as an extraterrestrial. Is it all in his head, or could he really be the only one who can save the world from destruction? The audacious tonal shifts and reality-shifting narrative gambits fly fast and furious in a one-of-a-kind genre-bender that is, ultimately, an urgent, heartrendingly humanist message in a bottle for our fragile planet.
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