Korean Cinema Today | JULY, AUGUST 2010 Vol.07

[Cannes 2011]

In Front Of The House

International Critics’ Week – Short Directed by LEE Tae-ho By LEE Hwa-jung The film starts off like any other romantic movie about two inseparable love birds in their twenties. Hyung-joo puts together a home-made lunchbox for his girlfriend Yeon-hee. Before closing the lid, he completes the lunchbox by drawing a heart with ketchup sauce on the grilled sausages he has happily prepared for his loving other-half. [...]

[Cannes 2011]

Finis Operis

International Critics’ Week – Short Directed by MOON Byung-Gon By LEE Hwa-jung “If you are willing to survive, you will die. But if you’re willing to die, you will survive.” As captured in this Korean saying spoken by Admiral YI in the 16th century, life and death may not be destined to be a matter of personal will. MOON captures this irony in a [...]

[Cannes 2011]

Fly by Night

Cinéfondation Directed by SON Tae-gyum By LEE Hwa-jung How is one’s sexual identity formed during puberty? The film Fly by Night questions the true meaning of sexual identity through the eyes of a young boy experiencing a difficult adolescence. The young boy is used to selling himself to older men. One client said he would pay more for having sex without a condom. But after [...]

[Cannes 2011]

GHOST

Short Competition Section Directed by Dahci MA By Jang Byung-won LEE Jeong-jin (aka Dahci MA), director ofthe movie “Ghost” has a peculiar talent ofmaking people confused. First she startswith her name, preferring to work asDahci MA, instead of her real name LEEJeong-jin. “School was never my thing andsince grade school I had wanted to be outof there.” [...]

[Cannes 2011]

Arirang

Un Certain Regard Directed by KIM Ki-duk By KIM Ki-duk Arirang is about KIM Ki-duk playing 3 roles in 1. Through Arirang I can climb over any obstacles in life. Through Arirang I can understand human beings, be thankful of nature, and acknowledge my life as it is now. We are now… in the terrestrial world lurking with desires, in the ghostly world lurking with [...]

[Cannes 2011]

Interview with NA Hong-jin

You started to prepare the production of The Yellow Sea right after The Chaser . I was thinking of having a rest for a while, but one of my seniors told me, “keep working, you are young.” So, I felt to do something. But, I didn’t have a special interest in the matter of Yanbian or the ethnic Koreans. Using A Murderer as its working [...]

[Cannes 2011]

The Yellow Sea

Un Certain Regard Directed by NA Hong-jin Cast HA Jung-woo, KIM Yun-seok, CHO Seong-ha By Ju Sung-chul The success of The Chaser has lingered in the aftermath for a long time. Since the huge hit of The Chaser , a number of thriller genre films, The Man from Nowhere , I Saw Devil and The Unjust have been introduced and [...]

[Cannes 2011]

Proust Questionnaire for director HONG Sangsoo

Known as a director whose films appear ordinary on the surface but reveal complex and often uncomfortable truths about relationships between people, HONG Sangsoo was born in 1960 in Seoul. he studied film at Chungang Univervisty and later received a BFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts and an MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago, and spent a few [...]

[Cannes 2011]

The Day he Arrives

Un Certain Regard Directed by HONG Sangsoo Cast YU Junsang, SONG Sunmi, KIM Sangjoong, KIM Bokyung By Jean Noh One of the most anticipated Korean films of the year is director HONG Sangsoo’s latest work The Day He Arrives . Characteristic of the auteur’s dramas, the film follows a regional college professor and occasional filmmaker on a trip to [...]

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[20 KOREAN FILMS TO LOOK OUT FOR SECOND HALF OF 2011] COUNTDOWN

The Last Crime for Money Seekers Countdown Directed by HEO Jong -ho By RA Jegy A ruthless debt collector TAE Geon-ho (JUNG Jae-young) chases after a mysterious woman CHA Ha-yeon (JEON Do-youn), to do his job as usual. Ha-yeon is a financial fraud who is just released from prison. Betrayed by a friend before, she lures Geon-ho into her [...]

The Yellow Sea of NA HONG-JIN

2011 lineups of anticipated Korean Films

In Front Of The House

Finis Operis

Fly by Night

GHOST

Arirang

Interview with NA Hong-jin

The Yellow Sea

Proust Questionnaire for director HONG Sangsoo

The Day he Arrives

[20 KOREAN FILMS TO LOOK OUT FOR SECOND HALF OF 2011] COUNTDOWN

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