Showtimes
Friday, October 17
9:15pm
Ticketing
$12 /Single Ticket
$18 /Double Feature with Take Shelter
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Before Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia, there was Jang Joon-hwan’s Save the Green Planet! (2003)—a delirious blend of black comedy, sci-fi paranoia, and gut-wrenching tragedy that became the direct inspiration for his upcoming remake.
Both a conspiracy thriller and a cry of ecological despair, the film channels apocalyptic anxieties into a kaleidoscope of slapstick absurdity, genuine terror, and devastating pathos.
Byung-gu (Shin Ha-kyun), a disillusioned young man convinced the world is on the brink of alien invasion, kidnaps a powerful CEO he believes to be an extraterrestrial agent. What begins as a bizarre abduction spirals into a hall of mirrors—part torture thriller, part tragic love story—where every revelation destabilizes the line between delusion and prophecy.
A cult milestone of early 2000s South Korean cinema, Save the Green Planet! fuses satire, horror, and sci-fi into something both hilarious and devastating. Its whiplash tonal shifts mirror a society teetering on collapse, while its shocking final act reframes everything that came before.
Once dismissed as too strange to categorize, the film has since earned recognition as a modern classic—its visionary force now affirmed by Lanthimos’ decision to reimagine it for a new generation.
Jang Joon-hwan, South Korea, 2003, 118 mins, DCP, In Korean with English subtitles
Festivals, Awards, & Nominations
Winner – Golden Raven, Brussles International Festival of Fantasy Film 2004
Winner – Best Director, Moscow International Film Festival 2003
Winner – Best Actress (Hwang Jung-min), Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2004
COLD SWEAT – OCT. 17 DOUBLE FEATURE
Save the Green Planet! screens in a double feature with Take Shelter (2011) as a part of our monthly COLD SWEAT film series that dives deep into the world of horror and cult cinema, offering unexpected, visceral double features designed to raise the hair on the back of your neck and send a chill down your spine.
