Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club

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Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club

2023

1h 24m

Documentary

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This intimate documentary explores a bygone era of cinematic passion and the emergence of young film enthusiasts in South Korea, including Bong Joon Ho.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

This is a very good film. Educational and very bright.

Nov 29, 2023

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Monica Castillo

RogerEbert.com

Lee Hyuk-rae’s ode to a bygone era in South Korean film culture is a sweet tribute to his generation’s college days in the early ‘90s.

Rated: 2.5/4

Oct 27, 2023

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Brandon Yu

New York Times

The doc mostly amounts to a sweet nostalgia trip about a niche group of obsessive young people. It’s also an ode to young adulthood itself...

Oct 26, 2023

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

At the same time, however, the approach of the documentary to the cinematic history presented is rather epidermic, with “Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club” emerging more as something exclusively addressed to Bong's completists

Rated: 5

Feb 25, 2024

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James Marsh

South China Morning Post

The film is as much a nostalgic reminiscence on the subject of youthful exuberance as it is a chronicle of, as Bong puts it, Korea’s “first generation of cinephiles”.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 8, 2023

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Rohan Naahar

The Indian Express

Part of the joy of watching this film, more than the historical insight that it provides, is to see a group of old friends reconnect over shared memories.

Nov 3, 2023

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Todd C

Not sure how to score it to be honest. While I enjoyed it because I really like Bong Joon Ho and am a fan of South Korean Cinema, I'm not sure others will. It is a cool piece of history that is quite niche, but I'm glad it was told and I learned something. The original title made it seem like this was mostly going to be about Bong Joon Ho. I'm glad they changed the title and that the doc didn't just talk about Bong Joon Ho and in fact, he is really "just another one of the folks" that was part of Yellow Door. The other folks were very interesting and because I knew nothing about them going in, they were the more interesting part of this documentary. Watching them all come together via zoom, was really cool and you could see on their faces their affection for each other and the times of Yellow Door. This was talked about as a potential for Best Documentary at the Oscars. I don't think it deserves that status. It is nostalgia mainly and that is ok, but it is not hard-hitting. It was really like watching old friends reminisce. That can fail. In this, it did not. It would be fun to start a cinema society like that or be a part of it, but it would never be like it was in the '90s in South Korea.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/08/23

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Lee Hyeok-rae

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Bong Joon Ho

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Ahn Nae-sang

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Woo Hyeon

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Hyung-ok Kim

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Synopsis

This intimate documentary explores a bygone era of cinematic passion and the emergence of young film enthusiasts in South Korea, including Bong Joon Ho.

Director: Lee Hyeok-rae
Producer: Hyung-ok Kim
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Broccoli Pictures
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Korean
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 27, 2023
Runtime: 1h 24m

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