Barking Dogs Never Bite

Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)

플란다스의 개

An idle part-time college lecturer is annoyed by the yapping sound of a nearby dog. He decides to take drastic action.

Date of release
2000-02-19
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (328)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director
Bong Joon Ho

Casting

Interesting facts

Barking Dogs Never Bite is a 2000 South Korean independent dark comedy film directed and co-written by Bong Joon Ho in his directorial debut. The film's Korean title is satirically named after the 1872 novel A Dog of Flanders, a European pet story that is very popular in parts of East Asia.

Production

The plot was inspired by Bong's childhood experience of finding a dead puppy on the top of the building. This left a strong impression on him, and he was scared that the security guards would eat it.

Despite Bae Doona being new to the Korean film industry, she was recommended to the production company by Bong who loved her "smooth moves like an octopus" and her unpretentious speech patterns. Lee Sung-jae was cast because of his performance in the 1998 TV drama Lie (거짓말).

The movie was filmed to invoke emotions that people would feel while watching a cartoon, and thus was shot by mixing the speed of filming.

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