Directed by Hak-Soon Kim
Starring Hun-Sung Chang, Eun-Jin Pang, Youn-Hong Oh, Hyun-Sung Jang
Screenings 3/4/04 2:45pm and 3/5/04 9:30pm at Camera One, 3/14/04 10:00 am at SJSU University Theater

Set in South Korea, the aptly-titled “Rewind” focuses on the life of Huynh, a man who is letting his life pass by while running a video store. He has given up on a family life or the career and is content to live without dreams. However, his isolation and the monotony of his life begin to melt when he receives an anonymous letter from a secret admirer. The tiny bit of interest and hope it sparks begins to affect his life in subtle ways and when he receives a homemade video in his return box his life is changed forever.
This quiet, thoughtful film dances between resigned despair and a kind of quiet hope, and it’s difficult to tell what the ultimate message is. Is life really better when you don’t let yourself have dreams? Huynh believes that having dreams means you think something is missing from your life, but maybe refusing to dream is a way of pretending you have everything when really you don’t.