SEE WHAT PARK CHAN-WOOK CAN DO WITH AN IPHONE

If it was by almost any other director, I'd say that it wouldn't have a chance to overcome its gimmick. But I'm pretty interested. 

Considering he's got a full production crew, grip & electric, and a camera package kit that essentially reduces the iPhone down to an HD image sensor... dunno if there is even much of a gimmick left. Film looks cool though.

I'm more interested in the running time and distribution than the way it was filmed -- can you imagine releasing a half hour short in the United States theatrically? And expecting people to turn out for it? I don't see that working. Sure, maybe the people on this board would go, but the mainstream would piss all over the very concept. Are Koreans more open to something like that? They must be.

I was under the impression this was just going to be an internet release, to promote the iPhone. I'm just glad that (it looks like) they aren't trying for clumsy product integration.

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Originally Posted by Renn Brown 

Considering he's got a full production crew, grip & electric, and a camera package kit that essentially reduces the iPhone down to an HD image sensor... dunno if there is even much of a gimmick left. Film looks cool though.

He's working with a full crew? Then what's the point of the iPhone? I don't get it.

When Renn told me what the deal was with this project in the chat room, I screamed, "That's CHEATING!!!" Anyway, even in the behind-the-scenes clip, Park and his crew seemed to basically say that there wasn't much difference in their process. The camera is just very small.