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The Korea Times

By Baek Byung-yeul
Renowned for exploring complex social issues in productions such as Train to Busan and Hellbound, director Yeon Sang-ho returns with the Netflix movie Revelations.
The movie delves into the dangerous consequences of selective belief in contemporary society.
“Nowadays, people only want to see what they want to see and believe what they want to believe. That’s why things like this are happening in Korea right now,” Yeon said in an interview this week.
“Coincidentally, the timing of Revelations coming out makes me feel that this work was born from this era.”


Revelations tells the story of pastor Sung Min-chan (Ryu Jun-yeol), who believes he is acting on divine revelation to punish an ex-convict in a missing-person case, and detective Lee Yeon-hui (Shin Hyun-been), who is haunted by her deceased sibling’s visions as she investigates the same case.
The film is based on the 2022 online comic of the same name, written by Yeon with illustrations by cartoonist Choi Gyu-seok.
Yeon elaborated on the film’s exploration of human desire and selective perception.
“Like everyone else, I’m curious about my life. I often wonder why my life is going this way. In that process, desires naturally get projected, and sometimes, we even lie to ourselves.
“When you desire something, you only see what you want to see, and you interpret everything in your desired direction.”

He further emphasised how this phenomenon is amplified in today’s society.
“It seems that this era emphasises individual tastes. In the past, when you went to a clothing store, you might have made unexpected choices while browsing. But now, people buy only what they want online.
“Similarly, streaming platforms analyse individual preferences and reinforce individuality,” he said.
“One of the characteristics of humans is that they tend to reinforce their desires, seeing and doing only what they want. With industrialisation and the advancement of society, we are increasingly living in an era where we only see what we want to see.”

This trend served as significant inspiration for Revelations, for example in how pastor Min-chan interprets various events as God communicating with him.
“This era has led me to create a movie [in which characters] only see what they want,” Yeon said.
He clarified that while the film touches upon issues within the church, it is not solely focused on religious institutions.
“The focus isn’t on the church itself, although it does depict some of its problems. The main motif is the reality of only seeing what one desires and the societal atmosphere that emphasises this,” Yeon said.

Yeon often features characters like pastors or cult leaders in his works because their professions hold a unique cinematic appeal for him.
“I think it’s a very cinematically compelling profession to have faith as a profession. Faith itself is a profession, and I think there’s something dramatic about that,” he said.
Yeon also shared details about his coming film The Ugly, based on his 2018 graphic novel Face. Starring actor Park Jeong-min, the film is set to be released in cinemas later this year.
“It’s a film I invested in producing, so I’m personally quite nervous. Even from the beginning of this project, I thought I had to do it regardless of whether it would generate [a] profit,” the director said, adding that he is attempting to create as many diverse works as possible to find common ground with the audience.
Read the original story at The Korea Times.


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