And I will keep making films dealing with this subject in a different form.
So House of Hummingbird is a symbolic journey to find a home within yourself. Such divine love comes from an internal place when you truly feel at home with yourself. That sort of love does not come from outside, and it does not come from a romantic relationship, and that is why Eun-hee has to lose both her boyfriend and her girlfriend: she needs to find who she is by being true to herself and accepting herself as she is.
But that was just a realistic approach to show that we as human beings look for love, which is divine and eternal. So throughout the film, she is longing for love from her mother. We also see Eun-hee is not connected to her mom. In House of Hummingbird, Eun-hee is lost at the beginning of the film, beginning with banging on the wrong door, and we see her pain in her eyes. Maybe “constantly reborn” might be the right word. I feel like we are always reborn every day through constant searching. “Constant Searching” seems to be recurring in your film. We all have a longing to love and be loved and to search for the meaning of life. I would say that the House of Hummingbird is “our” collective story. One interesting thing was that everyone has a different favorite character and favorite scenes, and I thought it was a good sign that people find this story relatable in many different ways, recalling their own various unique memories. I also got lots of input on writing the script, from people from many different walks of life, to see what part they feel something in common. It’s an outcome of a large endeavor, I would say. The screenwriting and editing took many years, as I was shuffling around scenes and sequences. As a Filmmaker, I thought about story structure, shot composition, much like a mathematician or a scientist. To make the story feel like a collective story, the process was like building a huge, monumental building. I realized that talking about how similar the film is to my life might not be important once people find similarities in their own stories. At the end of the journey, I deeply feel that life indeed is beautiful and mysterious. You expand a lot when you go through deep emotions like deep pain, sorrow, and joy, and you realize that good things and bad things are not necessarily separate things. As the line of teacher Youngji goes, there were both sad and happy moments during the journey. I would say it was a long and meaningful journey. I approach filmmaking as if I’m an artisan. When I was writing House of Hummingbird, I made tons of notes and journals. As Joseph Campbell said, you could find all gods and goddesses in the subway. One thing I love is being in the subway just watching people. I see art as a form of love toward the world, and making films is my way of showing gratitude and love toward people and the world around me. Love and Relationship Relationship with myself and others. Regarding your last question, I want people to know about love and the feeling of connection.Īs a Filmmaker, what is most important to you? That is why I meditate, as I would like to convey peace and love through my film, not ego or ambition. I also believe that audiences feel the intention that the filmmaker had while making a film.
But to make people really feel that state of being, you need writing and directing, which is where I put in so much effort and time. I feel emotions very deeply in my everyday life and try to apply the state of emotions into my film with all my heart, and I guess people feel that. People often say that they fell in love with the main character (Eun-hee) from the very beginning. I guess they experience the emotions of the characters deeply. Why did this film resonate with so many people? What do you want people to know about it? Your recent short film “The Recorder Exam” won numerous awards, including the Best Student Filmmaker Award from the Directors Guild of America.
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