90년대한국사회를뒤흔든그러나지금은잊혀진지존파사건을되짚으면서우리사회를들여보게하는영화.지존파에서출발해성수대교붕괴,삼풍백화점붕괴,5.18주모자처벌문제등으로유연하게흘러가는영화는픽션보다더픽션같은논픽션이야기를품은한국사회를‘기록’한다.WhathappenedinKoreansocietyinthe1990s?ThefilmstartswiththeJijon-pa(SupremeGangsters)case.Theshockingstoryisnarratedthroughthediscussionbythetwodetectiveswhoarrestedthegangsters,ofdetailsoftheroundup,datascreens,andthedeathsentence.Nevertheless,NonfictionDiary’sfocusisnotonthecrimestory.StartingfromJijon-paonwards,thefilmreflectsonthe1990s,whenKoreadigressedintocontemporaryhistory.TheSeongsuBridgeandtheSampoongDepartmentStore’scollapsesarerecalled,followedbythethen-government’spunishmentoftheMay18Uprisingleaders,revealingtheKoreanlegalsystem’sdeathpenaltystatus,touchingonpoliticalandpowerissues.Theaudienceisremindedthattoday,2013,isanextensionofthatsameflow.DirectorJungYoonsuk’sNon-fictionDiary“records”therecordsbysummoningforgottenincidents,utilizinginterviewsandthemedia’sdatascreens.Thisrecordisa“report”oncontemporarysocietyaswellasa“recordoftheremembrance”.(HONGHyosook)18thBusanInternationalFilmFestivalDocumentaryCompetition
