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swetepete
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Location: a limp little burg
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 Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:56 pm Post subject: Old News: The President's Last Bang |
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Hey, have any of you seen 'the President's Last Bang?' I can't remember the Korean name.
It's a 2005 movie about the assassination of President Park. I just watched it last night, and thought it was really, really good. It was only 1979, but man, what a completely different country it was back then! KCIA interrogation rooms, curfews, Seoul with empty streets...no hand phones...no noraebang...anyway, definitely worth a look if you haven't already. |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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| Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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the korean name is 그때 그사람들
I love that movie.
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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I bought the DVD. I'll watch it when I move back to Canada. It's one of the few movies that showed with English subtitles during its run in Korea (only at limited theaters... Koreans, like North Americans, don't really like subtitles on their films). Before that, I think they showed Taeguki and Silmido with subtitles in some theaters.
I did see a concert with the woman singer who was at the president's last bang, the one who was ostensibly asked to sing Japanese songs. |
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Anyong Bluth
Joined: 22 Jun 2006
Location: Robbers' Roost
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| Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Probably my favorite Korean movie, and yes I have seen Sympathy For Mr. Vengance and Oldboy and Taeguki. |
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NAVFC
Joined: 10 May 2006
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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| crazylemongirl wrote: |
the korean name is 그때 그사람들
I love that movie. |
I wonder how it goes from "That time, those people"
to "The presidents last bang" |
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bobbyhanlon
Joined: 09 Nov 2003
Location: 서울
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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yeah its a good film. would have been more interesting if it had been released now in time for 박정희s daughter's run at the presidency.
there's some really strange translated titles here.. bungee jumping of their own, for instance.. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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| NAVFC wrote: |
| crazylemongirl wrote: |
the korean name is 그때 그사람들
I love that movie. |
I wonder how it goes from "That time, those people"
to "The presidents last bang" |
I always find it funny how Korean movies radically alter the English title. Just a marketing thing, I'm sure. There was a good movie a number of years ago doing the film fest circuit under the English title "Girls Night Out" although the Korean was "Virgin's Dinner". |
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