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. Â 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.
