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Showing posts with label classic korean cinema. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Review: Underappreciated THE DEVIL'S STAIRWAY Is a Sinister Psychological Horror

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By Patryk Czekaj Lee Man-hee’s 1964 film The Devil's Stairway is a strikingly sinister psychological horror that, even after a...
Thursday, May 30, 2013

Moving to the City: Urbanization in The Ball Shot by a Midget (난장이가 쏘아올린 작은 공, 1981)

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Korean Cinema, especially when at its best, frequently explores pressing themes and social realities to thrilling effect. The deeper I d...
Thursday, April 11, 2013

An Early Korean Youth Film: Early Rain (초우, Chou) 1966

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The aftermath of World War II brought about a quick change in social values, which reevaluated the needs and lifestyles of youths around ...
Thursday, March 28, 2013

Lee Man-hee's The Road to Sampo (삼포 가는길, Samo Ganeungil) 1975

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Korea is not known for road movies and given that the country is smaller than many US states, this hardly comes as a surprise. Neverthel...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

KOFA Treasures: Kim Ki-young's Woman of Fire (화녀, Hanyeo) 1971

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Ongoing series on classic Korean film recently made  available  for free and with English subtitles on Youtube courtesy of the Korean Fil...
Thursday, June 14, 2012

KOFA Treasures: Lee Doo-yong's The Oldest Son (장남, Jangnam) 1984

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Ongoing series on classic Korean film recently made  available  for free and with English subtitles on Youtube courtesy of the Korean Fil...
Saturday, June 9, 2012

The Shower (소나기, Sonagi) 1979

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One thing that I’ve noticed time and again in Korean cinema, especially when I began to discover it many years ago, was the use of rain....
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

KOFA's 'Classic Korean Film Theatre' Youtube Channel Goes Live!

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The Korean Film Archive has launched its much anticipated " Korean Classic Film Theater " Youtube channel which features 70 diff...
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