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Korean Film Essentials: A Guide Pt. 2 Posted by Tony Kitchen on Aug 21, 2015
Korean film is still on its upswing, and from a film or movie-going experience, from Seoul to Cannes, it is not merely a string of hits. Three Korean movie directors are at the forefront of the movement. What makes Korean film punch above its weight internationally? If it is not his actual films, then it…
Korean Film Essentials: A Guide Pt. 1 Posted by Tony Kitchen on Aug 15, 2015
A trio of Koreans, essential to the Korean film industry, were the first to make a splash with financial support from a major Hollywood film studio in 2010. In their first film together since, The Chaser (추격자, 2008), Director Na Hong-jin (나홍진), actors Kim Yoon-seok (김윤섹) and Ha Jeong-woo (하정우) reunited in The Yellow Sea (황해). The film—the first Korean…
Korean Movies: Beyond ‘Old Boy’ and off the Charted Path Posted by Tony Kitchen on Aug 6, 2015
Korean film is more than the modern classics like Old Boy (올드보이 2003), The Chaser (추격자 2008), and Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (태극기 휘날리며 2004). Those titles are internationally acclaimed Korean movies–quirky, disturbing, powerful. Film Festivals in Cannes, Venice, Berlin, among others, represent a steady stream of nominated Korean films from independent to large studios. (In a future post, I…