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Dave Chance
Joined: 30 May 2011
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 Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 4:55 pm Post subject: Korean (& Jpn) director on local cinema scene |
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Kim Ki-duk may be a bit unrealisitc in his expectations of K-movie industry as well as K-movie audiences.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/kitano-kim-ki-duk-see-asian-art-house-cinema-in-crisis-2
Kim said he regretted that audiences at home still did not sufficiently appreciate his foreign award-winning work.
�The Korean film industry is still lacking compared to the European and American markets,� Kim said in an interview at the Excelsior Hotel, striking an arresting sight in his camouflage jacket, baggy trousers and red-laced boots.
�They still view films as entertainment instead of looking at artistic value or social issues,� said Kim, who despite having made 18 movies is still seen as something of an outsider in Korean cinema and has no formal schooling in film. |
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andrewchon
Joined: 16 Nov 2008
Location: Back in Oz. Living in ISIS Aust.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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| That begs a question: is there a 'cult' Korean movie? I mean besides 'the glory days of Young Ja'. |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 1:47 am Post subject: |
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| What truly sucks is that all the video stores have closed, and so I can no longer rent Korean movies I'd never heard of. The English subs on the DVDs also helped me fill in the blanks since I'm not fluent in Korean. |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003
Location: Sonic Space
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 4:23 am Post subject: |
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| 12ax7 wrote: |
| What truly sucks is that all the video stores have closed, and so I can no longer rent Korean movies I'd never heard of. The English subs on the DVDs also helped me fill in the blanks since I'm not fluent in Korean. |
Certainly is harder to find good DVD rental rental shops these days.
I live in the boonies...but there is one shop that still survives...mainly due to my undying loyalty no doubt.
If you know the titles you want...you can order many online.
I have a collection of about 25 or so...picked up from my rental shop over the years.
Love the sub-titles...even if/when they aren't perfect...as neither am I.  |
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fosterman
Joined: 16 Nov 2011
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 6:54 am Post subject: |
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the thieves is the highest grossing film in Korea LOL
must make him sick! |
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Dave Chance
Joined: 30 May 2011
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http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/korean-morality-tale-pieta-wins-venice-film-festival
VENICE �
South Korean director Kim Ki-duk�s �Pieta� won the top prize at the Venice film festival on Saturday, while Paul Thomas Anderson�s Scientology-inspired �The Master� walked off with two major awards.
His film tells the story of a diabolical loan shark who prowls the alleys and clapped-out workshops of a Seoul district being redeveloped.
A mysterious woman claiming to be his mother walks into his life and the twisted hero struggles for redemption in an emotional crescendo.
Kim said that his film was intended to be a denunciation of �extreme capitalism�, adding that money was the �third protagonist� in the movie. |
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Squire
Joined: 26 Sep 2010
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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A co-teacher of mine (24) said she hadn't seen Oldboy because it's too old  |
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