The new drama – which arrives on Netflix this weekend following a brief theatrical run – comes eight years after his previous film Burning was released to rave reviews in 2018, but the genesis of this project actually dates back even further than that.
It now arrives with even greater urgency than before, given various factors that have further affected workers' rights in the intervening time, not least the advent of AI.
"It was a critical event that allowed for the general public to think that the rights of labourers were no longer more important than the market capital or the market value of a company or its profitability, and that was what really hurt the laid-off workers the most: the fact that the general public was no longer on their side, that they were no longer able to fight for their own rights, and it led to a very deep wound and immense trauma.
"The sense of self is weakening as well. So I think that is only growing worse, and that trauma is not only limited to people that have directly been laid off, but I think it affects everyone who must work but is continuing to lose that value of labour and sense of identity based on work."
View Green Video on the source websiteTwo of Lee's previous collaborators Sul Kyung-gu and Jeon Do-yeon star as laid-off worker Choi Ho-seok and his wife Ahn Mi-ok, while Parasite's Cho Yeo-jeong plays Lee Ye-ji, a documentary filmmaker making a movie about laid-off workers, and Zo In-sung plays her wealthy business owner husband.
"The story began with the married couple of the laid-off worker, and the closer I got to their lives, the more I did research, and the more I was able to feel their pain," he said.
"I wasn't able to answer these questions with conviction, so I had to give up on the project for a while. It was when I brought in the documentary filmmaker and her husband as new characters to the story that it became my story to tell, and I was able to explore themes of my attitude and my ethics as a filmmaker due to these two new characters.
He continued: "The character Ye-ji, the documentary filmmaker, represents all storytellers, including myself, who deal with the story of others. And the character of her husband represents capital, which dominates the time that we live in, allowing me to explore themes of labor versus capital as well."
"I don't think I've noticed or felt so much of how AI was violating fundamental human rights," Jeon explained. "However, that time will come, and when that time comes, it will really erode our identity in our workplace and the work that we do.
Sul added: "I've had questions like, 'Do you think that AI could ever replace actors?' And I don't think so. I don't think that's the case because they can't feel pain or sadness. I think they can be very complementary or have a supporting role, but I don't think they'll be able to ever replace actors entirely.
"I think if that were to be the case, that it would create a very unhappy society where the value of labour is increasingly diminished. When I saw the Korean film No Other Choice [directed by Park Chan-wook] last year and saw the frightening ending... I really hope that that time never comes for us."
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