About the Film
Lee Myung-se started his career under Bae Chang-ho, for the films “Hwang Jin-ie” “,Our Joyful Young Days” and “Dream – 1990”. Thus, and having repeatedly cooperated with him and his “permanent” protagonist, Ahn Sung-ki, it was almost inevitable that he would cast them both for his directorial debut, a rather unusual comedy titled “Gagman“.
Synopsis
The protagonist of the film is Lee Jong-se, a third rate standup comedian with a small mustache that makes him look like Charlie Chaplin (or Hitler) who considers himself a great director, despite the fact that he has never shot even one film. In his effort to accomplish his dream, he does not shy away from crashing movie sets or interviews with directors, all the while retaining a caricature-like posture and behaviour. His fate seems to change though, when he meets two people and gets hold of an object: barber Moon Do-seok, who wants to become an actor and is willing to give up everything and follow “the director”, whom he considers a genious. A feisty woman named Oh Seon-yeong who storms into his life and eventually becomes a great source of inspiration and guidance. An actual gun that he receives from a deserter in a scene that is placed somewhere between fantasy and reality, and eventually has the trio following a path much more real and dangerous than they ever considered.
