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Bulsajo



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 5:08 am    Post subject: Golden Age? Reply with quote

Is this now the golden age of Korean cinema or something? I keep coming across older Korean movies that are only recently getting theatrical release in North America.
What's up with that?
The latest is Memories of Murder.
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RELEASE DATE: DVD: August 9, 2005
Theatrical: June 24, 2005

http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/memoriesofmurder
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Tiberious aka Sparkles



Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 5:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

To be sure, Korea has made some damn fine cinema these past couple of years (and even before then). I hope the quality continues. I haven't heard recently of any great Korean films, but I'm looking forward to 'Sympathy for Lady Vengeance' by Park Chan-Wook (JSA, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, and the sublime Oldboy). It probably won't match Oldboy; I'm only hoping he doesn't take a nosedive into redundancy, as the film's title suggests.

Pretty sweet that those of us in Korea will be able to purchase the DVD, with English subs, a few months after the film's cinematic release.

Sparkles*_*
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