Vibe
Tune in for Love centers on two people repeatedly finding and losing each other as radio, changing neighborhoods and the friction of ordinary life carry them through the 1990s and 2000s. The film is most revealing in missed timing and the technology of staying in touch—radio, letters, email and changing addresses.
Watch for
- Read Tune in for Love's routines—waiting, eating, traveling, working and returning to familiar places—through two people repeatedly finding and losing each other as radio, changing neighborhoods and the friction of ordinary life carry them through the 1990s and 2000s; repetition carries emotional history.
- In Tune in for Love, what the characters postpone saying gives two people repeatedly finding and losing each other as radio, changing neighborhoods and the friction of ordinary life carry them through the 1990s and 2000s its weight, so pauses and ordinary objects can matter more than declarations.
Production notes
Tune in for Love was directed by Jung Ji-woo and released in 2019. KOFIC lists the film at 122 minutes, released August 28, 2019, and directed by Jung Ji-woo. The official Korean film database credits Jung Ji-woo as director of Tune in for Love, with a listed running time of 122 min.
Trivia
- KOBIS recorded roughly 1.25 million admissions in 2019.
- The film later received Best Director and Best Music recognition at the Buil Film Awards.
- Kim Go-eun and Jung Hae-in play the central couple.
- KOFIC identifies Jung Ji-woo as director of the 2019 romance starring Kim Go-eun and Jung Hae-in.
- The story begins in 1994 around the first broadcast of Yoo Yeol’s radio program and repeatedly separates/reconnects the couple across changing media and years.
Legacy
The lasting value of Tune in for Love lies in how its treatment of two people repeatedly finding and losing each other as radio, changing neighborhoods and the friction of ordinary life carry them through the 1990s and 2000s continues to register even after the plot's surprises are known.