Synopsis

A band with no name starts to play on the street. When asked for their name, they reply, “We just love to band,” and that becomes their name. They begin a journey to local festivals—completely uninvited. As the four members travel, they start to realize how different they are from each other, and their story unfolds through the people they meet on the street. What began as something they “love to do” gradually turns into something that “feels like work.” This documentary follows their whimsical journey from the very bottom. When what you love becomes what you must do for a living, it can become unbearable. Doing what you love doesn’t always mean happiness. Sometimes, the effort itself creates that love—but one day, it might suddenly turn into something you hate. This film poses an uncomfortable question to “We just love to band”: Is ‘doing what I love’ a genuine passion—or just obsession, or self-hypnosis?

Directors

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  • Go Dal-woo
  • Go Dal-woo and Kim Momo believe that filmmaking should be a personal and consistent practice. Forming a duo like a music band, they set out to produce one film each year. They run a cultural creative collective called People in the Know. Their works include the feature film Until We Become Happy (2000) and the short film Mr. Kim Jin-bae’s Moving Day (2006).

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  • Kim Momo
  • Together with Go Dal-woo, Kim Momo is part of a filmmaker duo that approaches filmmaking as a personal and steady craft. Formed with the goal of producing one film a year like a music band, they run the creative collective People in the Know. Their past works include the feature film Until We Become Happy (2000) and the short film Mr. Kim Jin-bae’s Moving Day (2006).