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Yuma
Joined: 29 Sep 2006
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 Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:52 am Post subject: Films on Korean social issues, Dec 9 in Seoul, Eng subtitles |
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(see http://gomediaction.net/ex/?q=ko/node/65 for poster)
Korea Is Going Crazy!!!
See the film that captures the madness.
Can a movie change the world?
Come find out if it can!
Welcome to the 1st Screening of Cinema Seoulidarity!!!
"16 takes on Korean society" "불타는 필름의 연대기"
A powerful new documentary chronicling recent Korean social issues!
The Republic of Korea is going mad! (in Korean with English subtitles)
Price: FREE
Date: December 9th
Time: 4pm
Place: Strange Fruit Cafe (Hongdae)
Phone: 017-285-1974
Directions: http://strangefruit.co.kr/bbs/m1.htm?PHPSESSID=4dbe30c8fac61654c75c7be664e842cc
Break Through Borders!
Change our World!
SEOUIDARITY -RADICAL LANGUAGE XCHANGE!
www.gomediaction.net/ex
Everyone is invited!!! |
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Sina qua non
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:14 am Post subject: |
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| Hooz the director? |
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rothkowitz
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:15 am Post subject: |
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| No thanks,I've got my own |
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jefejose
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:38 am Post subject: directors |
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There were 16 different independent filmmakers involved in this project-
Directors
이훈규
오종환
이재수
태준식
최은정
김천석
전경진
나루
김환태
권우정
조두영
조대희
최세일
박일헌
이수정
정일건 |
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Sina qua non
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:25 am Post subject: |
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It sounded interesting until I started checking out the website.
The group putting this on isn't about Korean social issues; its website says it's about hate towards the U.S.
Note to the activists for Korean society: make a documentary about the prostitutes who burn to death in locked brothels because of their Korean pimps, or one about how the Korean people ignore the problems of the homeless or the physically or mentally handicapped people here, or about rampant, unchecked sexual discrimination against women in the workplace. Those are social issues. Maybe explore the self-righteous racism and blind, fevered nationalism.
Hate mongering hate mongers deserve to stew in their own self-righteous passive-aggressive hate. As for me, and probably most others, we prefer to try to lead productive lives, instead.
Hate mongering, whether it is against the Americans because they're Americans, Japanese because they're Japanese, Chinese for supposed parasites in kimchi, or the French because Brigette Bardot made a disparaging remark about dog soup, is a waste of time.
Korean people need to learn to forgive. Maybe Westerners that associate with them can help with this.
Hmmm...a documentary on forgiveness in Korean society? |
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stumptown
Joined: 11 Apr 2005
Location: Paju: Wife beating capital of Korea
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| Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Sina qua non wrote: |
It sounded interesting until I started checking out the website.
The group putting this on isn't about Korean social issues; its website says it's about hate towards the U.S.
Note to the activists for Korean society: make a documentary about the prostitutes who burn to death in locked brothels because of their Korean pimps, or one about how the Korean people ignore the problems of the homeless or the physically or mentally handicapped people here, or about rampant, unchecked sexual discrimination against women in the workplace. Those are social issues. Maybe explore the self-righteous racism and blind, fevered nationalism.
Hate mongering hate mongers deserve to stew in their own self-righteous passive-aggressive hate. As for me, and probably most others, we prefer to try to lead productive lives, instead.
Hate mongering, whether it is against the Americans because they're Americans, Japanese because they're Japanese, Chinese for supposed parasites in kimchi, or the French because Brigette Bardot made a disparaging remark about dog soup, is a waste of time.
Korean people need to learn to forgive. Maybe Westerners that associate with them can help with this.
Hmmm...a documentary on forgiveness in Korean society? |
Koreans being forgiving? Why should they forgive all those who have repressed their society and forced it into obscurity as opposed to the world recognition that they deserve...yeah, right. 
While they're at it, why don't they do a documentary on all the jack shacks, bj salons, booking clubs, red light districts...and then try to make a claim that prostitution is only here in Korea because of the US Army. Where's the Army base in Anyang...or Juan? |
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Yuma
Joined: 29 Sep 2006
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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Synopsis
The relocation and expansion of the US military base in Pyeongtaek, Saemangeum tidal flat embankment, Dr. Hwang's stem cell research, video horse race track, casinos in a dead mining town, workers struggling against labor casualization, conscientious objectors of mandatory military service, revision of the Private School Act, people's resistance to the APEC Summit and WTO Ministerial, the struggle of women peasants, the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement, the US military's strategic flexibility... The Republic of Korea is going mad! |
Wow, half of those look anti-American. Tell ya what though, I'll download it and watch it - and reserve comment 'till after that. |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| more crap from commie bastards. |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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| stumptown wrote: |
| Sina qua non wrote: |
It sounded interesting until I started checking out the website.
The group putting this on isn't about Korean social issues; its website says it's about hate towards the U.S.
Note to the activists for Korean society: make a documentary about the prostitutes who burn to death in locked brothels because of their Korean pimps, or one about how the Korean people ignore the problems of the homeless or the physically or mentally handicapped people here, or about rampant, unchecked sexual discrimination against women in the workplace. Those are social issues. Maybe explore the self-righteous racism and blind, fevered nationalism.
Hate mongering hate mongers deserve to stew in their own self-righteous passive-aggressive hate. As for me, and probably most others, we prefer to try to lead productive lives, instead.
Hate mongering, whether it is against the Americans because they're Americans, Japanese because they're Japanese, Chinese for supposed parasites in kimchi, or the French because Brigette Bardot made a disparaging remark about dog soup, is a waste of time.
Korean people need to learn to forgive. Maybe Westerners that associate with them can help with this.
Hmmm...a documentary on forgiveness in Korean society? |
Koreans being forgiving? Why should they forgive all those who have repressed their society and forced it into obscurity as opposed to the world recognition that they deserve...yeah, right. |
Forgiveness? That's something Christ would do.
Wait a minute! Aren't most Koreans Christian?  |
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Wait a minute! Aren't most Koreans Christian? |
About a third.
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| Where's the Army base in Anyang |
There's a Korean base fairly close by, in the country. I got to tour a bit of their urban warfare training ground when I visited my ex-girlfriend's brother. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 1:21 am Post subject: |
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Ok, so far I've watched:
1) "Fisherpeople vs Land Reclamation"
Basically the people seem to think they are being pushed out of the land. I worry about any environmental damages, but as for the people, chances are they can adapt quicker than any other life form. If the fish are dissapearing (as in all over the world) and the Gov wants to make the land moreproductive, it seems like a plausible thing to me. It doesn't help that the arguements on the side of the "Fishers" were grossly exagerated.
2) "Part-time Bank Employee"
So a woman who only has a part time job is not satisfied... hmmm, shock there. She seems to have a self-defeating attitude. Maybe that's because of "the system" or maybe it's just her - either way, she's not really helping herself. Her dream is to become "rich", too bad she doesn't know what comes before that.
3) "Private Schools"
They alledge corruption - of that I have no doubt. But why not just boycott the places (teachers and students alike) and soon enough they'll go out of business.
*ok, that's all ofthis I can handle for today. Man, these vidos are, well... something. |
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jefejose
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 3:39 am Post subject: where's the hate? |
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| Hate mongering hate mongers deserve to stew in their own self-righteous passive-aggressive hate. As for me, and probably most others, we prefer to try to lead productive lives, instead. |
That was perhaps the most bile filled rant against hate mongering I've read in a while.
As a U.S. citizen, I'm disappointed in the apparent assumption by many Americans that anything that can be interpreted as critical of the status quo is somehow anti-american and hateful. Pretty scary knee-jerk response. I didn't see anything hateful in the movie or the website.
If you aren't interested in the film and its perspectives, don't watch it. What are you so scared of? The "Reds"? The world is a bit more complex than a 1950's Cold War mentality would have us believe. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 9:56 pm Post subject: Re: where's the hate? |
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| jefejose wrote: |
| What are you so scared of? |
Wasting my time on exagerations and lies - this tape is full of them. |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 3:58 am Post subject: |
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Saw half of the film. Turned it off because it got annoying.
Film should be renamed "Bored Housewives And Naive University Students Unite" |
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