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The wait is over

03-Jul-08

The wait is over

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) (1972), Promises (a.k.a. Promises of the Flesh) (1975), and Ieoh Island (a.k.a. Iodo) (1975), plus (according to the blurb at YesAsia) special features that includes commentaries by film critic Kim Young Jin and director Bong Joon Ho (presumably without subtitles), plus a photo gallery and 35 minutes of interview clips of the legendary director. The set will be available from YesAsia from 10 July Links: Buy your copy ...
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Kim Hong-joon: Kim Ki-young

22-May-07

Kim Hong-joon: Kim Ki-young

(Seoul Selection, 2007) Stern(9,g) 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 Happy End in South Korean Golden Age Melodrama, reworked in his book on Remasculinsation, plus Chris Berry's paper on Killer Butterfly in the Wallflower Press book on Japanese and Korean cinema. Apart from those materials I know of no readily accessible publications.) Even this book is a bit of a wasted opportunity, being in the main a republication of existing material (albeit work not readily available). ...
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Kim Ki-young retrospective in Paris

22-Dec-06
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 only just found out about it from the KOFIC site. One might dream that such an event could be supported in London. But somehow I think that the French are so much more receptive to foreign films than us Brits. And that's even more the case when it comes to old films, I fear. Links: House of Kim Ki-young homepage
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