Midnight Ballad for Ghost Theater DVD

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Korean

English / Traditional Chinese / off

DVD Box Set (NTSC - All Region)

Chun Ho Jin, Kim Kkot Bi & Jeon Gye Soo

2006 Release

They sing, “Rise, all living corpses, forget the prolonged time of chaos, drag the long shadow of curse and haunt all boring souls. A concourse where three streets meet, where everyone wants to come at least once in their lives." These ghosts work as concourse staff of a theater, where three streets meet during the day and at night, and throw a fantastic feast of dance and songs as ghosts. Midnight Ballad for Ghost Theater starts somewhat like Jim Sharman's Rocky Horror Picture Show. However, as it travels through the history, this cult-like movie reveals the changing theater culture and dark shadow the past casts over the present. At the same time, it ventures into an odd time and space that combines Jean Cocteau-style surrealism, nightmare of Dr. Caligari and images that are often found in documentaries. Our Alice, who journeys through this wonderland of Lewis Carroll, is a girl named Sodan. Midnight Ballad for Ghost Theater is Korea's first musical-fantasy feature film. Director Jeon Kye-soo, who made long preparation for this musical film that crosses over such genres as performance, theater, art and film, is adept at directing this challenging style of musical with his balanced sense and skills. The wonder that the audience is bound to feel will soon turn into admiration when they learn this large-scale movie was actually made with a relatively small budget. (HAN Sang-joon)