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Captain Corea
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 Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:57 am Post subject: More movies coming your way! |
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Well, I'm curious to see how this affects our viewing options:
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200601/200601260013.html
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Screen Quota Cut Clears Way for Trade Deal With U.S.
Korea has cleared the last hurdle on the road to long-awaited free trade talks with the U.S. by agreeing to slash a screen quota designed to stem a flood of Hollywood blockbusters by half. The country will cut the quota from the current 146 days or 40 percent reserved for domestic films to 73 days or 20 percent in July. With that, a date for the start of talks on a Korea-U.S. free trade agreement will be announced next week.
��A ministerial meeting in the morning decided that the domestic film industry has acquired the competitiveness to be recognized on the global stage and that the screen quota has to be cut in half,�� Finance Minister Han Duck-soo told reporters on Thursday. Korean movies have consistently taken more than 50 percent of the local film market over the last five years and saw their share grow to 60 percent in the last two.
Seoul has now accommodated all the preconditions the U.S. has set, including a delay in emission limits for U.S.-made cars and resuming imports of American beef. The start date of talks is to be announced after a public hearing on Feb. 2. Once the two allies conclude an FTA and scrap tariffs and customs duties, it will give Korea ready access to the biggest market in the world and remove almost all difference between the two markets.
The government promises to announce alternative support measures for the domestic film industry on Friday. ��The government will actively support the film industry so that it grows into the nation��s flagship industry. It��s my personal opinion that if we continue to support the industry to the point where domestic movies are shown for nearly 100 days, it cannot hurt the industry that much,�� Han said.
But a group of directors, actors and movie professionals aiming to protect the quota, the Coalition for Cultural Diversity in Moving Images, was defiant. ��The government��s decision to reduce the screen quota in the name of the FTA is an anti-cultural coup that will ruin Korean movies,�� the coalition said. ��We will never accept the unilateral decision.�� Film distributors were more accommodating, saying Korean movies are competitive enough not to suffer from the reduced quota. |
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visitor q
Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Location: The epitome of altruism - Oh Obese Newfoundler, I Am Going To Throttle Your Neck, Kaffir
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:02 am Post subject: |
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| It's about damn time, too. |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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| the quota seemed to do its job but it's time for it to go |
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Actually I would say the screen quota held back the movie industry for quite some time. Korean movie studios would just crank out cheap crap because they didn't have to worry about losing market share to Hollywood. It was the television industry, with its innovative dramas that became popular throughout Asia, that provided the model for the movie industry to follow. Combined with the significant loosening of censorship in the mid-90s gives you the vibrant industry you have today. |
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billybrobby
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Hater Depot wrote: |
| Actually I would say the screen quota held back the movie industry for quite some time. Korean movie studios would just crank out cheap crap because they didn't have to worry about losing market share to Hollywood. It was the television industry, with its innovative dramas that became popular throughout Asia, that provided the model for the movie industry to follow. Combined with the significant loosening of censorship in the mid-90s gives you the vibrant industry you have today. |
have you, like, ever turned the TV on since you've been here? innovative? i thought the japanese liked the dramas because they are so old fashioned and the chinese like them because they're stuck in 1961 (hey, let's put a man on the moon!)
i guess from a business stance you may be right. korean dramas are successful. but woe unto the film industry that emulates korean tv. furthermore, i don't really see how that is possible. how is the film industry supposed to follow the model of the television industry? slash their budgets and make the movies 20 hours long? more movies where people sing songs and have cookie tins fall on their heads? |
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Homer
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| Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:02 am Post subject: |
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In theory this is a good thing.
In reality, it might just turn out to be a bad move as blockbusters will soak up more screentime. |
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:44 am Post subject: |
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| billybrobby wrote: |
have you, like, ever turned the TV on since you've been here? innovative? i thought the japanese liked the dramas because they are so old fashioned and the chinese like them because they're stuck in 1961 (hey, let's put a man on the moon!)
i guess from a business stance you may be right. korean dramas are successful. but woe unto the film industry that emulates korean tv. furthermore, i don't really see how that is possible. how is the film industry supposed to follow the model of the television industry? slash their budgets and make the movies 20 hours long? more movies where people sing songs and have cookie tins fall on their heads? |
"Innovative" doesn't mean "good" or "cutting edge". It means being first to come up with something that people want before somebody else does -- and that's what Korean dramas did in Asia. Anyway, the film industry already did follow TV's lead -- they saw TV's success and raised their production values and wrote interesting, socially relevant scripts. That is the real pan-Asian appeal of Korean dramas. |
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The Bobster
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| Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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| I've never had trouble finding Hollywood blockbusters in movie theaters in Seoul. |
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ulsanchris
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| Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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I've just checked the movie listings for Ulsan here and there is only one foreign movie being shown at the moment. ChickenLittle. There rest are all korean.
I don't think the korean movie industry has much to worry about. |
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keithinkorea
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| Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 12:56 am Post subject: |
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The big problem is the lack of variety in films you can watch in Korea.
It would be so nice to have a nice artsy theatre showing other films rather than just 'Hollywood' blockbuster crap.
A nice arts theatre showing old-obscure arty films would be great and I'd be a regular patron. They show too many cheesey hollywood films here. |
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mindmetoo
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| Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 6:41 am Post subject: |
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| Hater Depot wrote: |
| Actually I would say the screen quota held back the movie industry for quite some time. Korean movie studios would just crank out cheap crap because they didn't have to worry about losing market share to Hollywood. It was the television industry, with its innovative dramas that became popular throughout Asia, that provided the model for the movie industry to follow. Combined with the significant loosening of censorship in the mid-90s gives you the vibrant industry you have today. |
Korean TV shows became popular long after Korean movies made their international splash. Christmas in August pretty much kicked off the rise of the Korean movie industry. ("Oh wow our movies can actually win international awards?") Shiri showed Asian audiences Korea could make thrillers. And then My Sassy Girl pretty much took Asia by storm. (Much of Asia pretty much thinks Korean women are like the woman from My Sassy Girl... loud and bossy.)
The protectionism was warranted. It produced a lot of crap for a decade, much in the same way Canadian content laws produced a lot of musical crap in the '70s, but it allowed the Korean film industry to learn the skills. Now it's bearing fruit. However, it's time to take off the training wheels. It's pretty clear Koreans prefer their own movies over imports. |
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BigBlackEquus
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| Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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| The screen quota has really fed the pirating industry here. I wonder how much it has to do with that? |
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Harpeau
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Location: Coquitlam, BC
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| Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 9:09 pm Post subject: Re: More movies coming your way! |
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| Captain Corea wrote: |
Well, I'm curious to see how this affects our viewing options:
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200601/200601260013.html
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Screen Quota Cut Clears Way for Trade Deal With U.S.
The start date of talks is to be announced after a public hearing on Feb. 2.
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But a group of directors, actors and movie professionals aiming to protect the quota, the Coalition for Cultural Diversity in Moving Images, was defiant. ��The government��s decision to reduce the screen quota in the name of the FTA is an anti-cultural coup that will ruin Korean movies,�� the coalition said. ��We will never accept the unilateral decision.�� |
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Dang! There'll be riots and tear gas on Groundhog Day!!
BTW Cineplus(??) show some rep. type movies, along with Seoul Selecion as well. |
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