Sky Blue (film)
A love triangle amid environmental collapse and class struggle.
Sky Blue, also known as Wonderful Days, is a 2003 South Korean adult animated science fiction film directed and written by Kim Moon-saeng. Its photo-realistic CGI backgrounds, similar to those in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, were created using traditional motion-control techniques and processed to look like computer graphics. The characters were cel-animated, while vehicles were fully rendered.
Quick Facts
- Writer
- Kim Moon-saeng, Park Jun-Yong
- Starring
- Ji Hoon Choi
- Yeong Seon Eun
- In Seong O
- Kim Jong-kook
- Director
- Kim Moon-saeng
- Producer
- Hwang K. S., Kyeong Hag Lee
- Studio
- Endgame Entertainment
- Masquerade Films
- Maxmedia
- Tin House Productions
- Distributor
- Palisades Tartan (English releases)
- Gainax (Japan)
- Pathé (France)
- Released
- 17 July 2003
- Runtime
- 86 minutes (original release), 95 minutes (director's cut)
Facts from the source article.
Synopsis
In 2142, pollution has destroyed human society. The walled city of Ecoban runs on the DELOS System, which generates power by using pollution in a carbonite reaction. People in the wastelands outside, including a mysterious man named Shua, mine carbonite. Shua is caught in a love triangle with his childhood friend Jay and her boss, Ecoban commander Cade. The story explores pollution, environmental ruin, and class conflict.
Production
Kim Moon-saeng made his feature directorial debut after directing commercials. Miniatures for buildings, mechanics, and characters were built and filmed with an HDW-F900 camera co-developed by Sony and Lucasfilm, using one of two prototype Frazier lenses (the other was used for Star Wars by Lucasfilm). Micah Wright and Jay Lender contributed to the script but were not credited in the final film.
Releases
The film was released in Western countries such as the US and Great Britain as Sky Blue, with two minutes cut and additional music by Sam Spiegel. Other Western countries like France and Finland kept the original title, a Hangul transliteration of "Wonderful Days." An all-region 2-disc collector's edition DVD of the dubbed version was released in the UK on November 14, 2005, followed by a UK Blu-ray on June 8, 2008. A planned North American Blu-ray from Palisades Tartan was cancelled after the company closed. In Japan, Gainax adapted the film, with adaptation director Hiroshi Yamaga stating the dialogue was changed to be less "alien" to Japanese viewers. The Korean DVD was released on September 6, 2003, and a 3-disc limited original edition DVD on May 27, 2004, featuring a director's cut with 9 minutes of additional footage and dialogue changes. The director's cut was released on Blu-ray on May 15, 2013, using bonus material from the theatrical cut DVD.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who stars in Sky Blue (film)?
Sky Blue stars Ji Hoon Choi, Yeong Seon Eun, In Seong O and Kim Jong-kook.
When was Sky Blue (film) released?
Sky Blue was released on 17 July 2003.
Who composed the music for Sky Blue (film)?
The music for Sky Blue was composed by Won Il and Jung Jae-il.
Who wrote Sky Blue (film)?
Sky Blue was written by Kim Moon-saeng and Park Jun-Yong.
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