They're the silent heroes of the film industry, defying death with leaps off bridges and high-speed car chases. But as substitutes in action flicks, stuntmen are always behind the scenes.
No longer. In the recently released independent documentary film "Action Boys", stuntmen are the heroes.
"Many people think that stuntmen lead gloomy, miserable lives", said director Jeong Byeong-gil, "so I wanted to tell the world that their lives are cheerful and bright".
Jeong himself was an action substitute before he became a director in 2005.
"Action Boys" is based on "Standing on the Edge of a Knife" (2005), a 38-minute documentary Jeong made about his fellow stuntman, Tae-yong, at the Seoul Action School in Paju, Gyeonggi. The school trains action substitutes in martial arts.
Action Boys further explores the same theme. The 110-minute documentary follows the lives of five students at the Seoul Action School - Kwon Kwi-deok, 28; Kwak Jin-seok, 26; Sin Seong-il, 27; Jeon Se-jin, 2...|
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