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a young girl gives away a painful memory, only to discover she wants it back as an adult...
a short film 'Memory Collector'
- a D3 project in the Florida State University written and directed by Soo Jin Hwang
- 8min. Drama/ Fantasy. Color. Shot on super 16mm. Dolby Stereo
Synopsis
There is a mysterious creature called 'Memory Collector'. He buys
people's bad memories and resells those to someone who needs other's
vivid memories for inspiration, such as artists. Based on this
mysterious trade with the memory collector, Eda Wallace(40) has
achieved a successful life as an artist. However, she feels empty more
and more even though she seems to have everything she wants. What was
her own memory that she traded a long time ago?
Keywords
memory, spiritualism, healing, fear, emotional wound, art, eternal youth, growing-up, sweet bitterness, magic, dream, redemption, fear...
Cast
Joni Berby, Laura Johnson, Robbie King and Beverly R. Lewis.
From Soo
"I need somebody who will take this sadness."

One day I lost a person that was very important to me. For a long time, I couldn't recover from the loss and my life began to collapse. That's why I tried my best to forget it. Forgetting was hard, but it began to work as time went by. Being able to forget, over time, seems to have saved me. I came to know what could hurt me and how to protect myself.

However, for some reason, forgetting saddens me. The idea of a "Memory Collector" was born from the experience.

Ironically, as filmmaker, whenever I struggle with coming up with new ideas and new emotions, I find out how dry I am now after the whole layers of experiences.

What is the meaning of life to me? Like Eda, only after we accept our own bad memories, which we wanted to erase a long time ago, are we able to grow up. The essence of life is not built only on good memories but also with layers of bad memories. Sometimes we need a Memory Collector, but we have to part with him in the end and face our own memories.

I still dream of a Memory Collector who can visit and comfort a young girl who is suffering from her loss somewhere else. He is not going to stop his journey.

Screening history of Memory Collector
- Damah Film Festival in May 2006.
- Newport Beach Film Festival in April 2006
- Women of color film Festival at Berlekeley in March 2006!
- San Diego Asian Film Festival in September 2005.
- Memory Collector the feature will be Soo's next project. This time, it is the story about the birth of Memory Collector!