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BBC news video on recent London Korean Film Festival

05-Oct-06
A quick interview with Kwak Kyung-taek and Roger Clark, and a quick preview of King and the Clown, to be featured at the BFI London Film Festival. The presenter mentions that there are two other Korean films at the BFI festival. I can only find the one short film. If anyone can spot the other one (if it exists), please shout. The BBC news video is here. Thanks to Jase for telling me, and congratulations to the Korean Cultural Centre publicity machine for getting the BBC there. Related posts:A surprise Korean film festival The cinema’s booked, the distributors have agreed to release their...Your feedback from the London Korean Film Festival 2006 Well, I’m afraid not many of you responded, but many...London Korean ...
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Kwak’s next film a lower-budget romance

28-Sep-06
At last night's Q&A following a packed showing of Typhoon (queue above), director Kwak Kyung-taek confirmed that his next film will have a slightly smaller budget than his last, which had disappointing box office result despite its large budget. It will be a romance, and Kwak is talking to Lee Jung-jae, the hero of Typhoon, as the prospective star. And the budget will be a mere 4 billion won. Kwak (left, answering last night's questions) talked about some of the disasters and near-misses which plagued his shooting of his big-budget film. He was filming in Thailand, and it was only by chance that he had decided not to film the day the tsunami hit the beach. But the costs of ...
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