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Im Sang Soo: Uncut

04-Jun-08

Im Sang Soo: Uncut

As part of the Tiger Asian film festival Im Sang Soo, director of socio-political films ‘The President’s Last Bang’, ‘A Good Lawyer’s Wife’ and ‘The Old Garden’, held a Q&A session on 30th May 2008 at the Korean Cultural Centre in London. There was a small but select feel to the gathering that took place in the multipurpose hall. It was an illuminating event, even for those who had neither seen nor heard of the films prior to this event – of which there were more than a few. Questions and answers were translated on the spot by Seh Hyun Rho to whom we extend our thanks and also to the Korean Cultural Centre for hosting the event. The following is a ...
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Im Sang Soo faces London grilling

26-May-08

Im Sang Soo faces London grilling

Korean film director Im Sang Soo is participating in two Q&A sessions this week: Friday at the KCC and Saturday at the ICA, the latter in conjunction with the screening of The President's Last Bang. It has been said that Im Sang Soo is practically the only director now making films that take a long look at the lives of contemporary Koreans without losing their historical sense ... There are few texts as good at understanding the sensibilities and concerns of modern Koreans as the films of Im Sang Soo. ((Hun Moonyung in in the preface to KOFIC's just-published book on Im Sang Soo, the latest in their Korean Film Director series)) Director Im refers to his most recent three films as his ...
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Korean Film at Edinburgh

31-Jul-07
The Edinburgh Film Festival will be showing four Korean films this year. The choice of three of the four comes as no surprise. No western film festival with Korean content is complete without a recent Kim Ki-duk film, and this time round it's Breath (숨). Everyone wants to know how Park Chan-wook can follow his vengeance trilogy, so the quirky I'm a Cyborg (싸이보그지만 괜찮아) is a natural choice After A Good Lawyer's Wife (바람난 가족) and President's Last Bang (그때 그사람들), any film by Im Sang-soo deserves attention. And when the film is an adaptation of a novel by Hwang Sok-yong and deals with the Kwangju massacre, The Old Garden (오래된 정원) is certainly a candidate for any serious film festival The only ...
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