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Kim Ki-young

It’s finally happened: Housemaid on DVD

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by Philip Gowman on 30 July, 2009

in Kim Ki-young, Retail Therapy

It had to happen eventually. It’s been at the top of every Korean film buff’s most-wanted DVD release for longer than we can all remember. They’ve been working on polishing up the print and subtitles for rather too long. Versions of the film have been available at film festivals for a while – we saw [...]

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Aimless bullet, scary housemaid and Korea’s modern history

17 November 2008 Autumn K-Film 2008
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Two classic films from Korean cinema’s golden age provided a fascinating compare-and-contrast exercise last Monday night at the Barbican.

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The wait is over

3 July 2008 Film
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At least in part.
No student of Korean film can call his or her education complete until they’ve seen some films by Kim Ki-Young. Until now, none of the films have been available on DVD.
Alas, no Housemaid yet, but this new four-film boxed set includes Goryeojang (a.k.a. Burying Old Alive) (1963), Chungnyeo (a.k.a. The Insect Woman) [...]

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Kim Hong-joon: Kim Ki-young

22 May 2007 Book reviews: Film
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(Seoul Selection, 2007)

KOFIC’s enterprise in bringing out this series is greatly to be welcomed. This current instalment is particularly welcome as English-language materials on Kim Ki-young are few and far between. (Chris Berry’s web project, House of Kim Ki-young, seems to be out of action at the moment. There’s Kim Kyung-hyun’s essay comparing Housemaid with [...]

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Kim Ki-young retrospective in Paris

22 December 2006 Events news

I’m afraid I’ve let you all down. There’s been a feast of film in Paris for the last few weeks at the Cinematheque: a retrospective of the great Kim Ki-young. It ends on Christmas Eve. One of the highlights would have been a round table on Kim, which included Bong Joon-ho, on 2 December. I [...]

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