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| Movie 'Bogota: The Land of the Last Chance' Press Distribution Exhibition was held at COEX in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the 19th. Park Ji-hwan, Lee Hee-joon, Kwon Hae-hyo, Kim Jong-soo, and Song Joong-ki are having photo time. Samseongdong = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com/2024.12.19/ |
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The movie 'Bogota: Land of Last Chance' heats up the theater in December with a shrewd ensemble of characters and a sweaty narrative.
'Bogota: Land of Last Chance' held a press and distribution premiere at Megabox COEX in Seoul on the afternoon of the 19th and told stories about the works. Director Song Joong-ki, Lee Hee-joon, Kwon Hae-hyo, Park Ji-hwan, Kim Jong-soo and Kim Sung-je attended the scene.
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| Movie 'Bogota: The Land of the Last Chance' Press Distribution Exhibition was held at COEX in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the 19th. Director Kim Sung-je is doing an interview. Samseongdong = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com/2024.12.19/ |
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Released on the 31st, 'Bogota: The Land of Last Chance' (hereinafter 'Bogota') is a movie about Kook-hee (Song Joong-ki) heading to Bogota, Colombia, on the other side of the world with new hope, intertwined with Sooyoung (Lee Hee-joon) and Park Byeong-jang (Kwon Hae-hyo), influential figures in the Korean community in Bogota, and director Kim Sung-je of 'Minor Opinion' took the megaphone.
Director Kim said, `The genre is a crime drama,' adding, `Just as Seoul is not a crime city, Bogota is not one of those cities, so I chose the crime genre to express the feelings of a young man who became an early adult" he said.
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| Movie 'Bogota: The Land of the Last Chance' Press Distribution Exhibition was held at COEX in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the 19th. Song Joong-ki is doing an interview. Samseongdong = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com/2024.12.19/ |
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Song Joong-ki heralded a new transformation through 'Bogota', raising expectations from prospective audiences. Playing Kook-hee, a young man who dreams of the lowest to the highest, he filmed 'Bogota' before 'Hwaran' and 'Rogiwan'"He filmed the drama "Vincenzo" while filming this movie, and then he filmed 'Bogota' and finished 'The Youngest Son of the Congregation', followed by 'Hwaran' and 'Rogiwan'. Usually, I think that once you do a drama, then you have to do a movie to balance it out, but when you choose a drama, you don't choose to be emotionally bleak like in a movie because you have to give viewers fantasy. On the other hand, in the movie, I tend to stick to my taste. "Gukhee has a strong will and a strong desire. I hope you like it."," he said.
'Bogota' was the first Korean film to attempt to shoot a location in Colombia. In response, Song Joong-ki said "It was not easy to shoot abroad because there were so many unexpected variables. It's an unfamiliar environment, but no matter where it was, I tried to concentrate on the conflict between Koreans in this station, and he said "As I acted with my fellow actors, I got a lot of ideas, so I filmed it while gaining strength."
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| Movie 'Bogota: The Land of the Last Chance' Press Distribution Exhibition was held at COEX in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the 19th. Song Joong-ki is doing an interview. Samseongdong = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com/2024.12.19/ |
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Song Joong-ki responded to the reaction to concerns about damage to the national image caused by the work "My mother-in-law is Colombian. So many of my wife's family members live there"As far as I know, I've heard that I've tried a lot in the past to be ashamed of such images or to remove them." Colombia, where I stayed, was very exciting, had a lot of quality, and the food was delicious. People have a lot of affection and I've seen the efforts of people who try to escape from the old image. I have family and it was a friendly place," he said.
Then "When we filmed, the YouTube channel was not developed, so there was not much information about Colombia, but there are many travel YouTubers and it seems easy to find information."There are also travel YouTubers these days, so I think many of those images have been erased. I don't think it's going to look bad because of our movie."
Coach Kim also "I'm not careful about being caught up in rumors. However, as you all know, the drug lord was active in earnest in the 1980s and died in 1993. The 10 years before the time I set in the movie actually made Bogota the most dangerous city in the world. It is true that such aftershocks still remain, and I didn't try to paint a kind of genre fiction ridiculously. I wanted to deal with narratives and conflicts with realistic materials that were not intended to damage the image of the country. In fact, I had a lot of conversations with local productions, and they responded as if it was okay because they were Americans, maybe because they made a lot of movies with a much more harsh genre. "
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| Movie 'Bogota: The Land of the Last Chance' Press Distribution Exhibition was held at COEX in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the 19th. Lee Hee-jun is doing an interview. Samseongdong = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com/2024.12.19/ |
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Lee Hee-jun played Suyeong, the No. 2 in the Korean smuggling market and a customs broker. When asked about his feelings ahead of the release of the film, he said "I watched the movie today, and I remember the hard work we all had together. I've been waiting so long for the release that it feels unrealistic that the microphone I'm holding now reads 'Bogota'. I'm so touched to finally be able to meet the audience."
Recalling the filming process of the overseas location, he went to a salsa academy to feel the local rhythm, and went to a dance academy on days when there was no filming. We always talked a lot about the work because we filmed in a safe area in a limited space." He also pointed out that he tried to draw a high-quality character. Lee Hee-jun is in his 30s to 40s in his work, and he adjusted his body fat from 8% to 16% to show some change," he said.
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| Movie 'Bogota: The Land of the Last Chance' Press Distribution Exhibition was held at COEX in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the 19th. Park Ji-hwan, Lee Hee-joon, Kim Sung-je, Kwon Hae-hyo, Kim Jong-soo, and Song Joong-ki are having photo time. Samseongdong = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com/2024.12.19/ |
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The performance of the best supporting actors is also indispensable. Kwon Hae-hyo played a big-handed sergeant in Bogotá's smuggling market, the most powerful person in the Korean community. Park Ji-hwan played the role of Park Byung-jang's nephew, little Park Sa-won, and Kim Jong-soo played the role of Kook-hee's father, Geun-tae, showing extraordinary character digestibility.
Finally, 'Bogota' will mark the splendid grand finale of the theater in 2024. Song Joong-ki said, `As it is the last release of this year, I hope it will be in theaters for a long time until the end of January and February next year"I hope you enjoy the movie because it's different at the theater." encouraged interest in the work.
antahn22@sportschosun.com
