Collective Invention

{{short description|2015 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Collective Invention

| image = Collective_Invention_(돌연변이).jpg

| caption = Theatrical poster

| native_name = {{Infobox Korean film name/auto|hangul=^돌연변이|lk=Mutant}}

| director = Kwon Oh-kwang

| producer = Kim Woo-sang

| screenplay = Kwon Oh-kwang

| starring = Lee Kwang-soo
Lee Chun-hee
Park Bo-young

| music = Jeong Hyun-soo

| cinematography = Kim Tae-soo

| editing = Kim Hye-kyeong
Kim Woo-il

| studio = Woo Sang Film
Fides Spatium

| distributor = CJ Entertainment

| released = {{Film date|2015|9|14|TIFF|2015|10|22|Korea|df=yes}}

| runtime = 92 minutes

| country = South Korea

| language = Korean

| gross = {{USD|1.6 million}}

}}

Collective Invention ({{korean|돌연변이}}) is a South Korean black comedy film written and directed by Kwon Oh-kwang.{{cite web|last1=Kim|first1=June|title=LEE Kwang-soo to Become a MUTANT|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=3231|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|accessdate=7 September 2015|date=21 November 2014}}{{cite web|last1=Baek|first1=Byung-yeul|title=Collective Invention, wry portrayal of Korean society|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2015/10/141_189413.html|website=The Korea Times|accessdate=8 December 2015|date=25 October 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Won|first1=Ho-jung|title=Herald Interview: Lee Chun-hee - Mutant movie shows hardships of being ordinary|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20151104001188|website=The Korea Herald|accessdate=8 December 2015|date=4 November 2015}} It is about a hapless fish-man's meteoric rise to celebrity and subsequent fall from grace.{{cite web|last1=Fulvi|first1=Giovanna|title=Collective Invention|url=http://tiff.net/festivals/festival15/vanguard/collective-invention|work=TIFF|accessdate=21 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914165512/http://tiff.net/festivals/festival15/vanguard/collective-invention|archive-date=14 September 2015|url-status=dead}} The film was screened in the Vanguard section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/bent/toronto-film-festival-adds-60-titles-including-janis-joplin-doc-and-gillian-armstrongs-women-hes-undressed-20150811|title=Toronto Film Festival Adds 60+ Titles, Including Janis Joplin Doc and Gillian Armstrong's Women He's Undressed|accessdate=15 August 2015|date=11 August 2015|work=IndieWire|last1=Gates|first1=Jamie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811162548/http://blogs.indiewire.com/bent/toronto-film-festival-adds-60-titles-including-janis-joplin-doc-and-gillian-armstrongs-women-hes-undressed-20150811|archive-date=11 August 2015|url-status=dead}}